Abstract An overall evaluation of potential relationship partners (mate value) is fundamental to numerous key lifetime decisions, but how people integrate the diverse component traits of mate value remains poorly understood. Three within-subjects studies (N = 190) contrast multiple models of mate value trait integration, including both compensatory and non-compensatory decision-making strategies. A weighted additive model outperformed equal weight and take-the-best strategies (Study 1), as well as an aspiration model, threshold model, Euclidean distance from ideal / realistic ideal models, and correlation to ideal / realistic ideal models (Studies 2 and 3). These results contrast with suggestions that mate value decisions should be non-compensatory or follow a Euclidean distance model. Correlational models are particularly poor fits to how people make mate choice decisions. The methodology developed here allows more sensitive assessments to reveal in finer detail the mental algorithms that guide this process. Further extensions can incorporate additional aspects of real-world assessments and mating decisions.

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“权重”以找到合适的人：补偿性特征整合与替代模型以评估配偶价值

摘要 对潜在关系伙伴（配偶价值）的整体评估是众多关键终生决策的基础，但人们如何整合配偶价值的不同组成特征仍然知之甚少。三项受试者内研究（N = 190）对比了多种配偶价值特质整合模型，包括补偿性和非补偿性决策策略。加权加性模型优于同等权重和最佳策略（研究 1），以及愿望模型、阈值模型、与理想/现实理想模型的欧几里德距离以及与理想/现实理想模型的相关性（研究 2 和3）。这些结果与配偶价值决定应该是非补偿性的或遵循欧几里德距离模型的建议形成对比。相关模型特别不适合人们做出择偶决定的方式。这里开发的方法允许更敏感的评估更详细地揭示指导这个过程的心理算法。进一步的扩展可以包含现实世界评估和交配决定的其他方面。