We leverage the notion that abstraction enables prediction to generate novel insights and hypotheses for the literatures on attitudes and mate preferences. We suggest that ideas about liking (e.g., evaluations of categories or overall traits) are more abstract than experiences of liking (e.g., evaluations of particular exemplars), and that ideas about liking may facilitate mental travel beyond the here-and-now.

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喜欢的体验与喜欢的想法

我们利用抽象使预测能够为关于态度和配偶偏好的文献产生新的见解和假设的概念。我们建议关于喜欢的想法（例如，对类别或整体特征的评估）比喜欢的经验（例如，对特定样本的评估）更抽象，并且关于喜欢的想法可能有助于超越此时此地的心理旅行。