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Choice of mating tactics and constrained optimality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

William M. Baum
William M. Baum
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, San Francisco, CA 94108 wm.baum@unh.edu
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Abstract

Gangestad & Simpson's arguments may be rendered more substantial and precise by capitalizing on research and theory on choice between reinforced response alternatives. An analysis in terms of feedback functions shows that the effects of individual differences in attractiveness may be understood as constraints on optimality and may be reconciled with the previous research and theory that the authors criticize.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 589 - 590
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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