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What Are Computational Models and What Are They Good For? What Are Computational Models and What Are They Good For?
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Computational Models Help Solve the Limitations of Verbal Theorizing Computational Models Help Solve the Limitations of Verbal Theorizing
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Applying Computational Models to Human Mating Applying Computational Models to Human Mating
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Human Mate Preferences: Distinguishing Potential Mates Human Mate Preferences: Distinguishing Potential Mates
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The Nature of Mate Preferences The Nature of Mate Preferences
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The Origin of Mate Preferences The Origin of Mate Preferences
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Mate Preference Integration: Evaluating Potential Mates Mate Preference Integration: Evaluating Potential Mates
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Models of Mate Preference Integration Models of Mate Preference Integration
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Outstanding Issues in Mate Preference Integration Outstanding Issues in Mate Preference Integration
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Mate Choice Algorithms: Choosing a Mate Mate Choice Algorithms: Choosing a Mate
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Mate Choice Algorithms Mate Choice Algorithms
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Conclusions and Future Directions Conclusions and Future Directions
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References References
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6 Computational Models of Mate Choice
Get accessDaniel Conroy-Beam, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
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Published:26 January 2023
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Abstract
Given mating’s close proximity to reproduction, human mate choice psychology would have recurrently both posed and solved critical adaptive problems. These same problems pose myriad computational challenges. Selecting a mate requires evaluating potential partners across multiple dimensions, summarizing these evaluations, and using finite resources to navigate mating markets occupied by mating rivals and potential mates with unknown interests. To make things harder, predicting mate choice behavior requires predicting through the interaction of these many processes, scaled up to the market level. Computational models provide researchers ideal tools for studying these otherwise intractable systems. With computational modeling tools, mating researchers can simulate the dynamics of complex mating markets and compare predictions of alternative models to real behavior. This chapter reviews the literature on computational models of human mating, with special emphasis on models of mate preferences, mate evaluation, and mate selection. It focuses on the computational problems inherent to human mate choice, models of how mating psychology solves these problems, and empirical data that speak to the plausibility of these models.
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