Social Norms and Dating
1. To manipulate scripts with interruptions/ norm violations and observe
how people recover and react to dating norm violations
2. Interested in investigating first date goals
3. Interested in determining if ambivalent sexism can help explain
the contradiction between egalitarian attitudes and traditional gender
norms
4. Investigate the motivations people have for conforming to outdated
first date norms while holding contradictory egalitarian attitudes
Functions of Adult Crying
1. What is function of adult crying from an evolutionary perspective?
2. Specifically why did gender differences evolve?
3. Examine potential for female survival as result of adult crying
4. Examine potential for male mating success as result of not crying
Other Interests
1. Norms/Attitudes/Social Influence.
2. Social Identity Theory/Groups/Prejudice
3. Gender/Relationships
4. Emotion/Evolution
Lane, C.J. & Pool, G. (Under review) What… He Didn't Pay for Dinner!
Gender Stereotypical Norms for First Dates Still Persist in Our Egalitarian
Society. Personal Relationships.
Lane, C.J., Mellgren, R., & Pool, G. (In Preparation) The Evolution
of Gender Differences in Adult Crying.
Pool, G., & Lane, C.J. (Data Analysis) Meta-Analysis Theory of
Reasoned Action and Theory Of Planned Behavior.
