Resource acquisition ability (RAA) is a term in
social psychology
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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:
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Genetic information
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Wealth
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Salary
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Social status
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Child care
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* 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
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Hypergamy
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The antonym "hypogamy" refers to the inverse: marry ...
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Interpersonal attraction
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References
* Stewart, Stinnett and Rosenfeld.
Sex Differences in Desired Characteristics of Short-Term and Long-Term Relationship Partners
Interpersonal attraction
Interpersonal relationships
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