A central element of interdependence theory is that people have standards against which
they compare their current outcomes, and one ubiquitous standard in the mating domain is …

A central theme in contemporary psychology is the distinction between implicit and explicit
evaluation. Research has shown various dissociations between the two kinds of …

Online dating sites frequently claim that they have fundamentally altered the dating
landscape for the better. This article employs psychological science to examine (a) whether …

Welcome to the third edition of The Psychology of Attitudes & Attitude Change. As you would
expect, this edition contains many new developments. As a starting point, Bas Verplanken …

Do men value physical attractiveness in a mate more than women? Scientists in numerous
disciplines believe that they do, but recent research using speed-dating paradigms suggests …

Three studies explored how the traits that people ideally desire in a romantic partner, or
ideal partner preferences, intersect with the process of romantic relationship initiation and …

Distrust between most evolutionary psychologists and most feminist psychologists is evident
in the majority of the articles contained in this Special Issue. The debates between …

We learn in grade school that metaphor is an ornamental figure of speech reserved for
poets. But we now know that it is also a key strategy people use to make sense of the world …

We show that a two-sided matching platform can successfully compete by limiting the
number of choices it offers to its customers, while charging higher prices than platforms with …

Four experiments utilized experimental inductions of gratitude and behavioral measures of
prosociality to explore the effects of 4 variables on gratitude and grateful prosocial …