Pilot Study of Relationship between Fertility Risk and Bargaining
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13655277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margery Lucas (Wellesley College, corresponding author), Margery M Lucas (Wellesley College), Elissa Koff (Wellesley College), Susan Skeath (Wellesley College) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 302-310 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.101.1.302-310 |
| PMID | 17958138 |
| OpenAlex | W2088788624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Competition for resources to support a healthy pregnancy and later offspring was likely very important for ancestral women. Therefore, it was predicted that women evolved a propensity for intrasexual competition over resources during times of their highest conception risk. To investigate this hypothesis, women played a series of ultimatum games, bargaining games that test participants' willingness to share a monetary stake. During periods of high conception risk, intrasexual competition increased as evidenced by lower offers to share a stake with others as well as higher rates of rejection of offers
Biology · Competition (biology · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Fertility · Offspring · Pregnancy · Sexual selection · Sociology · Test (biology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Ecology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2018 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |