The mate switching hypothesis

Buss, David M.; Goetz, Cari D.; Duntley, Joshua D.; Asao, Kelly; Conroy‐Beam, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.07.022

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“…If trajectories are dispersed, individuals might have long periods "between trajectories" during which they are not romantically interested in anyone (Person B). One literature that is especially relevant to the density concept is the literature on predictors of infidelity (Allen et al, 2008;Blow & Hartnett, 2005;Buss, Goetz, Duntley, Asao, & Conroy-Beam, 2017;Drigotas & Barta, 2001). These predictors include actor effects, such as being less agreeable or less conscientious (Schmitt et al, 2004), being anxiously attached (Bogaert & Sadava, 2002), and being male (Petersen & Hyde, 2010); relationship-level effects, such as being less committed (Drigotas, Safstrom, & Gentilia, 1999), less satisfied (Glass & Wright, 1985), and poorer at communicating (Allen et al, 2008); and external factors, such as having weaker ties to the partner's social network (Treas & Giesen, 2000) and having more opportunity to meet potential partners (e.g., Traeen & Stigum, 1998).…”

Section: Densitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship Trajectories: A Meta-Theoretical Framework and Theoretical Applications

Eastwick

Finkel

Simpson

2019

Psychological Inquiry

117

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This article introduces a metatheoretical framework-the Relationship Trajectories Frameworkthat conceptualizes how human mating relationships develop across their complete time span, from the moment two people meet until the relationship ends. The framework depicts relationships as arc-shaped evaluative trajectories that vary on five dimensions: shape (which includes ascent, peak, and descent), fluctuation, threshold, composition, and density. The framework can depict single trajectories in isolation or two partners' trajectories with respect to each other (dyadic trajectories). Two theoretical models demonstrate the generative power of the framework-the relationship coordination and strategic timing (ReCAST) model and the sociosexuality trajectory model-both of which integrate close relationships and evolutionary psychological perspectives on mating. Finally, additional examples illustrate how the framework can generate new research questions about core relationships topics.

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Section: Densitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship Trajectories: A Meta-Theoretical Framework and Theoretical Applications

Eastwick

Finkel

Simpson

2019

Psychological Inquiry

117

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“…The strength of a person's preference for one means over another depends on the perceived instrumentality of each for the goal. In romantic relationships, partner substitution occurs when one permanently leaves a current partner for an alternative People as Means 10 partner (i.e., mate switching; Buss, Goetz, Duntley, Asao, & Conroy-Beam, 2017). Forty-three percent of men and 49% of women reported having engaged in such permanent romantic partner substitution at least once (Schmitt & Buss, 2001).…”

Section: Principle 8 Means Substitutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A People-As-Means Approach to Interpersonal Relationships

Orehek¹,

Forest²

2017

Preprint

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Interpersonal relationships and goal pursuit are intimately interconnected. In the present paper, we present a people-as-means perspective on relationships. According to this perspective, people serve as means to goals-helping other people to reach their goals in a variety of ways, such as by contributing their time, lending their knowledge, skills, and resources, and providing emotional support and encouragement. Because people serve as means to goals, we propose that considering relationship processes in terms of the principles of goal pursuit can provide novel and important insights into the ways that people think, feel, and behave in these interpersonal contexts. We describe the principles of means-goals relations, review evidence for each principle involving people as means, and discuss implications of our approach for relationship formation, maintenance, and dissolution. for relationship processes? In the pages that follow, we present a people-as-means approach to interpersonal relationships, summarize evidence linking principles of goal pursuit to instances in which people are means, and discuss the novel insights gained from adopting a people-as meansperspective on relationships.

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“…Interpreting couple bonds as the outcome of the working of a 'marriage market' amounts to the assumption that the partners' mating builds on essentially opportunistic motives. The partners are thus willing to keep the couple alive insofar as, and as long as, they do not find an alternative that seems to secure a larger expected benefit net of all costs related to the dissolution of the incumbent bond [28], including those deriving from the possible existence of (and consequently from the after-separation agreements concerning) joint offspring. By the same token, from Becker's perspective, couple bonds tend to dissolve insofar as the partners become aware that their mating choices were based on partially unreliable information as to the characteristics of the other.…”

Section: The Opportunistic Couple: An Adequate Reference Model For Thmentioning

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What Makes a Partner Ideal, and for Whom? Compatibility Tests, Filter Tests, and the Mating Stability Matrix

Basili

Sacco

2020

Behavioral Sciences

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We introduce a typological characterization of possible human heterosexual couples in terms of the concordance-opposition of the orientations of their active and receptive areas as defined by the tie-up theory. We show that human mating incentives, as characterized by widely adopted approaches, such as Becker’s marriage market approach, only capture very specific instances of actual couples thus characterized. Our approach allows us to instead explore how super-cooperation among partners vs. convenience vs. constriction may be regarded as alternatives modes of couple formation and cohesion, leading to very different types of couples with different implications in terms of stability and resilience. Our results may have interesting implications for future experimental research and for individual and family counseling.

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The mate switching hypothesis

Cited by 187 publications

References 40 publications

Relationship Trajectories: A Meta-Theoretical Framework and Theoretical Applications

Relationship Trajectories: A Meta-Theoretical Framework and Theoretical Applications

A People-As-Means Approach to Interpersonal Relationships

What Makes a Partner Ideal, and for Whom? Compatibility Tests, Filter Tests, and the Mating Stability Matrix

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