Journal article
Tracking Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Sexual Interest
Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.29(1), pp.71-79
02/2020
DOI: 10.1177/0963721419884322
Abstract
Judging a woman’s current sexual interest in a specific man is a socially and emotionally complex decision. These judgments can be considered a form of perceptual decision-making in which men integrate both affective (emotional) and nonaffective cues. College men at risk of sexual aggression rely less on women’s affective cues and more on nonaffective cues, suggesting that cognitive processes may matter for real-world problems. However, in the real world, people may not have the luxury of waiting for processes to complete before they act. Recent work has used dynamic-competition models of decision-making to examine this problem. These models assume that affective judgments (such as interested vs. rejecting) are partially activated by multiple cues and compete over time. This work, in which mouse tracking is used to index partial decision states, demonstrates that on-line measures predict rape-supportive attitudes over and above off-line (judgment) measures. This offers a new way to understand the cognitive core of an important societal problem.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Tracking Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Sexual Interest
- Creators
- Teresa A Treat - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of IowaBob McMurray - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa, Department of Linguistics, The University of Iowa, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Development and Learning From Theory to Application (DeLTA) Center, The University of IowaJodi R Betty - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of IowaRichard J Viken - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.29(1), pp.71-79
- DOI
- 10.1177/0963721419884322
- ISSN
- 0963-7214
- eISSN
- 1467-8721
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2020
- Academic Unit
- Linguistics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Communication Sciences and Disorders; Otolaryngology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070154902771
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