In: Psychology
All references must be typed using the American Psychological Association formatting style
Research topic: Are there gender differences in mate selection preferences?
Conduct an Internet search on this research area. Indicate the search engine you used as well as those keywords you used to search. Select 2 websites and briefly provide an evaluation of them, including information on website authors, credibility and potential biases. Both websites must be cited correctly
I used google search engine with keywords gender differences in mate selection.
1)
Feingold, Alan (Jul 1992, ) Gender differences in mate selection
preferences: A test of the parental investment model. Retrieved
from http://psycnet.apa.org/buy/1992-38948-001
It cites Trivers parental investment model to conclude that
female accorded more wight than males to the traits that maximise
chances of survival or reprodutive prospect like SES,
ambitiousness, character, and intelligence. The largest gender
differences were found for cues to resource acquisition (status,
ambitiousness) while little evidence was found in preferences for
traits unrelated to progeny survival (sense of humor,
personality)
This site is credible as it is part of APA and used by the various
institution and research bodies. There does not seem to be any
bias.
2)
Michael W.Wiederman Elizabeth Rice Allgeier ( March 1992) Gender
differences in mate selection criteria: Sociobiological or
socioeconomic explanation
Retrieved from
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016230959290021U
This site is credible and used by many reasearch bodies and universities. THere may be some biases but that is not very obvious as it is a science journal widely read and accepted.