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Update date: 2010/03/01 15:45 (Central News Agency, Taipei, 1st)
The "Daily Telegraph" reported that scholars from a British university have found that men with higher IQs are more loyal to their partners and less likely to cheat.
However, the study shows that the same results do not apply to women. The researchers found no evidence to suggest that intelligent women are more faithful than those with average IQs.
This behavioral pattern was discovered by Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the report was published in the March issue of the "Social Psychology Quarterly."
In the report, Dr. Kanazawa analyzed two major U.S. surveys to examine the social values and IQs of thousands of adolescents and adults.
His conclusion was: "Empirical analysis shows... intelligent men place greater importance on monogamy and are more sexually exclusive."
Dr. Kanazawa pointed out that the correlation between male intelligence and loyalty stems from human evolutionary development.
He stated that the exclusivity of male sexual behavior is an "evolutionarily novel" trait that did not provide much advantage to promiscuous early humans.
Modern society no longer grants men the evolutionary advantage of having multiple sexual partners. However, only intelligent men can shed the psychological baggage of their species and adapt to new behavioral patterns.
The report also identified other "evolutionarily novel" traits more commonly found in individuals with higher intelligence, including liberalism and atheism. (Translator: Central News Agency, Dai Yazhen)
Source: http://tw. news. yahoo. com/ article/ url/ d/ a/ 100301/ 5/ 218qr. html
UK Study: Higher IQ Men Less Likely to Cheat
The "Daily Telegraph" reported that scholars from a British university have found that men with higher IQs are more loyal to their partners and less likely to cheat.
However, the study shows that the same results do not apply to women. The researchers found no evidence to suggest that intelligent women are more faithful than those with average IQs.
This behavioral pattern was discovered by Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the report was published in the March issue of the "Social Psychology Quarterly."
In the report, Dr. Kanazawa analyzed two major U.S. surveys to examine the social values and IQs of thousands of adolescents and adults.
His conclusion was: "Empirical analysis shows... intelligent men place greater importance on monogamy and are more sexually exclusive."
Dr. Kanazawa pointed out that the correlation between male intelligence and loyalty stems from human evolutionary development.
He stated that the exclusivity of male sexual behavior is an "evolutionarily novel" trait that did not provide much advantage to promiscuous early humans.
Modern society no longer grants men the evolutionary advantage of having multiple sexual partners. However, only intelligent men can shed the psychological baggage of their species and adapt to new behavioral patterns.
The report also identified other "evolutionarily novel" traits more commonly found in individuals with higher intelligence, including liberalism and atheism. (Translator: Central News Agency, Dai Yazhen)
Source: http://tw. news. yahoo. com/ article/ url/ d/ a/ 100301/ 5/ 218qr. html