Donald Symons
Biographic Data
| ID | 183283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald Symons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald |
| FAMILY NAME | Symons |
| SIGNATURE | SYMONS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sexual Selection, Physical Attractiveness, and Facial Neoteny
Physical attractiveness and its relation to the theory of sexual selection deserve renewed attention from cultural and biological anthropologists. This paper focuses on an anomaly associated with physical attractiveness-in our species, in contrast to many others, males seem to be more concerned than females with the attractiveness of potential sexual partners, perhaps because humans show far more age-related variance in female than in male fecund…
How risky is risky sex
Sex differences in sexual fantasy
The nature and frequency of men's and women's sexual fantasies were investigated by surveying 307 students (182 females, 125 males) at a California state university or junior college via a paper‐and‐pencil questionnaire. The questionnnaire was inspired by modern evolutionary theory and was designed to investigate sex differences in sexual fantasies. Substantial sex differences were found in the salience of visual images, touching, context, person…
Human Reproductive Behaviour
Men, Women, and Sex
The Evolution of Human Sexuality
Sex differences in sexual fantasy
The nature and frequency of men's and women's sexual fantasies were investigated by surveying 307 students (182 females, 125 males) at a California state university or junior college via a paper‐and‐pencil questionnaire. The questionnnaire was inspired by modern evolutionary theory and was designed to investigate sex differences in sexual fantasies. Substantial sex differences were found in the salience of visual images, touching, context, person…
Sexual Selection, Physical Attractiveness, and Facial Neoteny
Physical attractiveness and its relation to the theory of sexual selection deserve renewed attention from cultural and biological anthropologists. This paper focuses on an anomaly associated with physical attractiveness-in our species, in contrast to many others, males seem to be more concerned than females with the attractiveness of potential sexual partners, perhaps because humans show far more age-related variance in female than in male fecund…
How risky is risky sex
Human Reproductive Behaviour
The Evolution of Human Sexuality
Men, Women, and Sex
Human Reproductive Behaviour
Sex differences in sexual fantasy
The nature and frequency of men's and women's sexual fantasies were investigated by surveying 307 students (182 females, 125 males) at a California state university or junior college via a paper‐and‐pencil questionnaire. The questionnnaire was inspired by modern evolutionary theory and was designed to investigate sex differences in sexual fantasies. Substantial sex differences were found in the salience of visual images, touching, context, person…
How risky is risky sex
Sexual Selection, Physical Attractiveness, and Facial Neoteny
Physical attractiveness and its relation to the theory of sexual selection deserve renewed attention from cultural and biological anthropologists. This paper focuses on an anomaly associated with physical attractiveness-in our species, in contrast to many others, males seem to be more concerned than females with the attractiveness of potential sexual partners, perhaps because humans show far more age-related variance in female than in male fecund…
Sociology (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Perspective (graphical (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)