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1、636631PSSXXX10.1177/0956797616636631Ackermanetal.SexRatiosandChoiceresearch-article2016PsychologicalScienceOnlineFirst,publishedonApril7,2016asdoi:10.1177/0956797616636631ResearchArticlePsychologicalScience1–11GoingAllIn:UnfavorableSexRatios©TheAuthor(s)2016Reprin
2、tsandpermissions:AttenuateChoiceDiversificationsagepub.com/journalsPermissions.navDOI:10.1177/0956797616636631pss.sagepub.comJoshuaM.Ackerman1,JonK.Maner2,andStephanieM.Carpenter31DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofMichigan;2KelloggSchoolofManagement,NorthwesternU
3、niversity;and3DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofWisconsin–MadisonAbstractWhenfacedwithriskydecisions,peopletypicallychoosetodiversifytheirchoicesbyallocatingresourcesacrossavarietyofoptionsandthusavoidputting“alltheireggsinonebasket.”Thecurrentresearchrevealedtha
4、tthistendencyisreversedwhenpeoplefaceanimportantcuetomating-relatedrisk:skewintheoperationalsexratio,ortheratioofmentowomeninthelocalenvironment.Countertothetypicalstrategyofchoicediversification,findingsfromfourstudiesdemonstratedthatthepresenceofromanticallyunfa
5、vorablesexratios(thosefeaturingmoresame-sexthanopposite-sexindividuals)ledheterosexualpeopletodiversifyfinancialresourceslessandinsteadconcentrateinvestmentinhigh-risk/high-returnoptionswhenmakinglottery,stock-pool,retirement-account,andresearch-fundingdecisions.T
6、hesestudiesshedlightonakeyprocessbywhichpeoplemanageriskstomatingsuccessimpliedbyunfavorableinterpersonalenvironments.Thesechoicepatternshaveimportantimplicationsformatingbehavioraswellasothereverydayformsofdecisionmaking.Keywordsevolutionarypsychology,decisionmak
7、ing,risktaking,sex,openmaterialsReceived8/19/15;Revisionaccepted2/10/16Makingwisedecisionsforthefuturecanbedifficult.thisresearch,weexaminedanenvironmentalfactorthatConsiderthatoverhalfofU.S.householdsarenotfinan-isoverlookedinclassicdecision-makingtheoriesbutthat
8、ciallypreparedtomaintaintheirstandardoflivinginplaysanimportantroleinguidingchoicesunderuncer-retirement(Munnell,Hou,&Webb,2014).Suchobstaclestainty—the