Lisa Klümper

University of Wuppertal | Uni-Wuppertal, BUW ·  Psychologie

Is the Social Network profile photo important when women need help? In two field experiments (N = 681), male and female participants received a help request from a woman of below-average, above-average (Study 1 and 2), or a woman of unknown physical attractiveness (Study 2). Men (but not women) responded more often, answered more detailed, and were...

From an evolutionary perspective, the perception and interpretation of sexual advances depend on sex-specific mechanisms, individual differences in the perceivers' mating strategies, and the actor's attractiveness. In two studies (N = 1516), participants evaluated hypothetical situations of sexual advances from a coworker varying in attractiveness...

The current literature shows mixed results regarding whether the perception of facial attractiveness is automatic, i.e. that it operates independently from attentional resources. We argue that an evolutionary perspective on mating strategies provides a comprehensive account of the findings. In two studies, we used the locus-of-slack logic in a psyc...

Sex differences in mating strategies and partner preferences are well established. However, most research solely focused on heterosexual women and men. We examined the mate selection, marriage, and age preferences of a sample of lesbian women, gay men, and bisexual women and men (LGB) who took part in an online dating survey. Additionally, we analy...

Wovon hängt der viel berühmte „erste Eindruck“ ab, wenn wir privat oder beruflich neuen Menschen begegnen? Und welchen Einfluss können unsere Eigenschaften und Bedürfnisse auf die Wahrnehmung einer anderen Person bei dieser Begegnung haben? Im folgenden Buchkapitel werden wir diesen Fragen nachgehen und dafür zunächst vorstellen, anhand welcher Dim...

Violations against mitigation actions to prevent the spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19, such as not wearing a mask or not practicing social distancing, were seen as immoral and could also increase the likelihood of spreading the virus. In two studies (N1 = 318, N2 = 293), we found that moral and pathogen disgust sensitivity differe...

In this chapter, we review the literature on attractiveness by explaining the multifaceted nature of attractiveness and then focusing on physical attractiveness as it has a predominant impact on attractiveness.

Moral courage manifests in actions aimed at stopping or redressing violations by others of moral principles such as fairness or caring, even when one is not personally or directly affected by those violations, and risks negative consequences by intervening.

In this chapter, we review the current literature on (a) the color red and perceived (sexual) attractiveness and (b) if (especially women) use red clothing to attract potential mates. We identify several limitations in the literature to draw the conclusion that red can be used as a mate attraction tactic. Keywords: Synonyms Red-romance effect; Red...

Introduction: Moral courage manifests in acts intended to intervene to stop or redress witnessed moral norm violations, despite the risk of negative consequences for the intervener. We investigate moral courage in everyday life and ask what personality processes are involved. Based on an extended process model of moral courage, we derived hypothes...

A more sustainable diet has been discussed as one desirable behavior to protect the environment. However, individual differences in personality traits and social processes related to the similarity-attraction hypothesis may oppose reduced meat consumption. We investigated these relationships by experimentally exposing 812 participants to one of eig...

The enormous amount of information about the COVID-19 pandemic in newspapers, TV channels, or social media reminds people every day of the potential threat the virus posed to their health and well-being in 2020. We examined if the cognitive availability of COVID-19 leads to the perception of heightened threat facilitating coping strategies and the...

Sex differences in mating-relevant attitudes and behaviors are well established in the literature and seem to be robust throughout decades and cultures. However, recent research claimed that sex differences are "overrated", and individual differences in mating strategies (beyond sex) are more important than sex differences. In our current research,...

The original version of this article contained a mistake in Table 2.

"Wenn zwei das Gleiche tun, ist das noch lange nicht dasselbe" sagt ein altes Sprichwort. Dies gilt auch für die Interpretation mehrdeutigen Verhaltens am Arbeitsplatz. In diesem Beitrag widmen wir uns der Frage, welche Faktoren aus einer evolutionspsychologischen Perspektive dazu beitragen können, ob ein mehrdeutiges Verhalten als sexuell belästig...