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THE REFLECTIVE
NORM AND CASUAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR: WHAT DOES THE OPPOSITE SEX WANT? Sam Harrison
(Middlebury class of 2011) & Carlos J. Vélez-Blasini Presented at
the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY,
2010. College
students (n=177) completed an anonymous online hookup survey where they
answered questions regarding the reflective norm, or the sexual behaviors an
individual believes the opposite sex prefers of them. These were compared to
the actual norm, the frequency that participants of the opposite sex actually
preferred. Women consistently overestimated men’s actual preferences.
Both sexes overestimated opposite sex perceived attractiveness based on
sexual behavior. Finally, for
women, reflective norms predicted frequency of intercourse behavior. |