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Buss’ Mate Choice Theory

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Evolutionary psychology; Human mating; Long-term mating; Mate preferences; Mating strategies; Short-term mating

Definition

Buss and Schmitt’s (1993) sexual strategies theory (SST) is a predominant evolutionary framework for understanding human mate preferences. SST proposes that mate preferences represent coherent suites of psychological mechanisms that have evolved to solve adaptive problems faced by humans in the pursuit of short- and long-term relationships, are sex-differentiated, and are context-dependent.

Introduction

From an evolutionary perspective, mating and reproduction are activities central to natural selection, and decisions made in one’s choice of mate carry significant consequences (Buss & Schmitt, 2019). Buss and Schmitt’s (1993) sexual strategies theory (SST) is an influential and predominant theory in this regard and provides an evolutionary framework for understanding why humans evolved to possess the particular preferences they show today. SST argues that...

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