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35 - Mating Intelligence

from Part VI - Kinds of Intelligence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2019

By
Glenn Geher ,
Scott Barry Kaufman ,
Julie A. Planke  and
Jacqueline M. Di Santo
Edited by
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

From an evolutionary perspective, psychological factors that bear on reproductive success are of particular importance as such factors directly pertain to Darwin’s bottom line. The psychology surrounding human mating, then, is particularly important from a Darwinian perspective. Mating intelligence is a construct that integrates work on mating psychology with work on intelligence. This broad construct is divided into two general sets of abilities: cognitive mating mechanisms (such as the ability to detect romantic interest on the part of a potential mate) and mental fitness indicators (which are outward behavioral displays of intelligence that facilitate successful courtship).

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mating intelligenceintelligenceevolutionary psychologyfitness indicatorstrategic pluralism
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The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence , pp. 846 - 870
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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