Why Online Meetings Make People So Sleepy (M)
During virtual meetings, unlike those held face-to-face, there is little cognitive or sensory input from other people, especially when the cameras are off.
Category: Social psychology
Men Are More Likely To Keep Bad News Secret Than Women (M)
Sharing information about ourselves is an important way in which we build and cement our relationships with others.
40% Choose Ignorance Of The Consequences Of Their Actions (M)
The research compared the situation where people were told the consequences of their actions with when they had the choice to find out or not.
Being Vague Is Disagreeable Most Of The Time — But Not Always (M)
Being clear and precise is more likeable in most situations, but not all.
What Makes Regretful Parents Have Children In The First Place (M)
What parents say they regret about having children and what motivated them in the first place.
Do People Prefer The Good News Or The Bad News First? (M)
If there’s good news and bad news, which do you prefer to hear first and which should you give first?
Why The Selfish Prefer Other Selfish People — And Punish Generosity In Others (M)
Selfish people are quick to punish generosity and reward selfishness in others when they find it.
The #1 Trait That Is More Attractive Than Looks
The top trait women find attractive in men.
The top trait women find attractive in men.
Helping others with no thought for yourself is more attractive than good looks for a long-term relationship.
Women rated an average-looking man giving money to a homeless person as more attractive than a better looking man who walked right past, the researchers found.
The study suggests that good looks are not everything in the dating game, especially when it comes to long-term relationships.
When women were asked about short-term relationships, though, the research revealed a weird twist — being altruistic was then a liability.
For short-term relationships women preferred a man who was not altruistic.
This could be related to the fact that darker personality traits, such as narcissism and psychopathy can make men more attractive in the short-term.
Clearly these type of men are not going around rescuing kittens from trees.
For the study women were shown pictures of two different men — one was more attractive than the other.
They then read different scenarios describing how each man was behaving — sometimes altruistically, sometimes not.
Being both altruistic and attractive was the mother lode, the researchers explained:
“The preference for altruistic men was also further influenced by their physical attractiveness, such that the increase in desirability of men as attractiveness increased was significantly greater when they were also altruistic.
This suggests that altruism can have an additive effect to other mate choice qualities (in this case, physical attractiveness), such that possessing both qualities has a greater effect on a man’s desirability than just a combination of their individual desirability.”
For short-term relationships, though, the better looking man was the preferred choice for women, no matter what he was pictured doing.
If you had to choose between being selfless or good-looking, then this study suggests that a generous and charitable is more attractive for long-term relationships.
The study was published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology (Farrelly et al., 2016).
What Homeless People Really Do With Money They Are Given (M)
Around 2 percent of the world’s population is currently homeless — that’s 150 million people.
Why Sharing ‘Epic Moments’ With Others Kills Conversations (M)
Been on an amazing holiday or had an extraordinary experience you’re dying to share? Why it may be better to play it down.
