After seeing each quiz description, participants were asked to rate, from one to seven, how likely it was that someone might be made uncomfortable by the results of the quiz. The researchers framed the question this way on purpose: participants might be too sheepish to say they would feel uncomfortable about something as insignificant as the results of an online quiz, but would be more likely to acknowledge that someone else could feel uncomfortable.
The results showed that the prospect of taking a quiz about fiction was more comfortable than taking one about real-life. Crucially, taking a quiz about similarity to a fictional villain was less uncomfortable an average of 3.
So, they designed an experiment that would make stories feel less socially safe to participants. The researchers recruited participants and divided them into two groups.
They prompted one group to feel that stories were not, in fact, a domain protected from social judgement. They did this by having participants read a report based on real research stating that people who are similar in one way are likely to be similar in other ways. Next, before they provided their rating, participants in both groups saw one of two text messages, which researchers said was sent by a close friend. Research has shown, for example, that women are more interested in a specific type of man — what you might call an alpha — during ovulation than we are at other points in our monthly cycle.
Haselton explains in the book. With such an abundance of options, why would he settle down? The other three weeks of the month, Dr. Haselton says. This choice, then, has less to do with hormones than it does with availability.
Romantic, right? Thanks to a recent study, this is now scientifically verifiable. The research it refers to is a study published earlier this year, which suggested that some men smoke and drink because this makes them more attractive short-term partners.
One way to investigate the issue is to present women with hypothetical men with different personality types and see which ones they prefer. In one such study , participants had to help a fictional character named Susan choose a date from three male contestants, based on their answers to her questions.
In one version, the man was nice — he was in touch with his feelings, caring and kind. The third contestant simply gave neutral answers. Bad boys can seem taboo, which further adds to their appeal. Melancon, who fell for a bad boy herself. I had a number of people in my life question what I was doing with him, which, in a Romeo and Juliet sort of way, only strengthened my attraction.
Women who feel besieged by threats often fall for tough guys, with their disregard for social norms and willingness to quickly escalate frustration to hostility, threats, and aggression, says psychologist Forrest Talley, Ph. Of course, there's no one to act as a buffer if that aggression gets turned around and comes your way.
Women are often into fixer-uppers, says Dr. According to psychiatrist Dr. Margaret Seide, M. Unfortunately, due to societal pressures, women are often on an eternal quest for validation and that elusive feeling of being enough. The pursuit of bad boys is just another example of this. Feuerman says. Unfortunately, as Dr. Talley points out, it can be a trap.
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