Effects of operational sex ratio on sexual misperception

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Author
Demirci, Dilara Ekin
Advisor
Al-Shawaf, Laith
Date
2017-07Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
Thesis
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http://hdl.handle.net/11693/33387Abstract
The current thesis investigates the operational sex ratio of the environment and its
effects on people’s accuracy in evaluating the sex and commitment intent of others. We
conducted a speed meeting experiment in Ihsan Doğramacı Bilkent University’s Psychology
Laboratory (N=260), where both men and women evaluated their partner’s sexual intent
towards them. Results showed a difference between sexes in the error types they made when
they evaluated sexual intent. We did not observe any effect of operational sex ratio between
experimental groups. We discuss possible reasons for the absence of this effect and
directions for future research.