Resource acquisition ability

Social psychology concept

Resource acquisition ability (RAA) is a term in social psychology and the sexual opposite of the reproductive value (RV), introducing an unintentional mechanism used by women when selecting a male partner. The RAA is focused on some factors:

  • Genetic information
  • Wealth
  • Salary
  • Social status
  • Child care
  • Personal history (i.e. crime affairs are not good for the RAA)
  • Numerous other things

Unlike the reproduction value, the RAA is not a scale. Mainly because of the unindexable factors, this term is a bit more complex than the RV.

See also

  • Hypergamy
  • Interpersonal attraction

References

  • Stewart, Stinnett and Rosenfeld. "Sex Differences in Desired Characteristics of Short-Term and Long-Term Relationship Partners"


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