Dr. Paul W. Eastwick
Professor - Department of Psychology
University of California, Davis
he/him/his
Office: Young Hall 102F
Email: eastwick@ucdavis.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
Paul Eastwick’s research investigates how people initiate romantic relationships and the psychological mechanisms that help romantic partners to remain committed and attached.
These two theoretical/review papers best illustrate Dr. Eastwick’s past and ongoing research:
Mate Evaluation Theory aims to explain the origin of romantic compatibility: Why do some couples “fit” together better than other couples? The theory describes how compatibility effects come in two different forms, one of which is grounded in “matching” effects of individual differences (e.g., “I like partners who fit my ideal partner preferences”), and one of which is bound to an interaction-specific history with a particular person. MET proposes that the latter (dyad-specific) source of compatibility is much larger than the former (individual-difference-matching) source. However, as the article explains, the field needs new kinds of studies to be able pull these two sources apart.
Here is a brief video tutorial on the Social Relations Model, which is core to Mate Evaluation Theory.
The Relationship Trajectories Framework attempts to bridge the ongoing disconnect between different literatures that study human mating (e.g., close relationships vs. evolutionary psychology, attraction vs. close relationships). Specifically, this meta-theoretical framework conceptualizes how human mating relationships develop across their complete time span, from the moment two people meet until the relationship ends. It also generates additional predictions that can help explain how seemingly distinct “types” of relationships (e.g., short-term vs. long-term relationships) actually derive from a core, shared set of longitudinal, mate-evaluation processes.
For our interactive Relationship Trajectories Visualization Tool, click here.
Journal Publications
Electronic versions of papers are provided as a professional courtesy for individual, non-commercial purposes. Copyright resides with the respective copyright holders. These files may not be reposted.
2024 and in press
Eastwick, P. W., & Joel, S. (in press). How do people feel about mates? Annual Review of Psychology. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., Sparks, J., Finkel, E. J., Meza, E. M., Adamkovič, M., Adu, P., Ai, T., Akintola, A. A., Al-Shawaf, L., Apriliawati, D., Arriaga, P., Aubert-Teillaud, B., Baník, G., Barzykowski, K., Batres, C., Baucom, K. J., Beaulieu, E. Z., Behnke, M., Butcher, N., Charles, D. Y., Chen, J. M., Cheon, J. E., Chittham, P., Chwiłkowska, P., Cong, C. W., Copping, L. T., Corral-Frías, N. S., Ćubela Adoric, V., Dizon, M., Du, H., Ehinmowo, M. I., Escribano, D. A., Espinosa, N. M., Expósito, F., Feldman, G., Freitag, R., Frias Armenta, M., Gallyamova, A., Gillath, O., Gjoneska, B., Gkinopoulos, T., Grafe, F., Grigoryev, D., Groyecka-Bernard, A., Gunaydin, G., Ilustrisimo, R., Impett, E., Kačmár, P., Kim, Y., Kocur, M., Kowal, M., Krishna, M., Labor, P. D., Lu, J. G., Lucas, M. Y., Małecki, W. P., Malinakova, K., Meißner, S., Meier, Z., Misiak, M., Muise, A., Novák L., O, J., Özdoğru, A. A., Park, H. G., Paruzel, M., Pavlović, Z., Püski, M., Ribeiro, G., Roberts, S. C., Röer, J. P., Ropovik, I., Ross, R. M., Sakman, E., Salvador, C. E., Selcuk, E., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Spasovski, O., Stanton, S. C. E., Stewart, S. L. K., Swami, V., Szaszi, B., Takashima, K., Tavel, P., Tejada, J., Tu, E., Tuominen, J., Vaidis, D., Vally, Z., Vaughn, L. A., Villanueva-Moya, L., Wisnuwardhani, D., Yamada, Y., Yonemitsu, F., Zidkova, R., Živná, K., & Coles, N. A. (in press). A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference-matching. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [Download Article] [Supplemental Material]
Kluger, A. N., Ackerman, P. L., Kenny, D. A., Malloy, T. E., & Eastwick, P. W. (in press). The Social Relations Model for Asymmetric-Block-Design data: A tutorial with R. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. [Download Article] [Supplemental Material]
da Silva Frost, A., Wang, Y. A., Eastwick, P. W., & Ledgerwood, A. (2024). Summarized attribute preferences have unique antecedents and consequences. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153, 913-938. [Download Article]
2023
Back, M. D., Branje, S., Eastwick, P. W., Human, L. J., Penke, L., Sadikaj, G., Slatcher, R. B., Thielmann, I., van Zalk, M. H. W., Wrzus, C. (2023). Personality and social relationships: What do we know and where do we go? Personality Science, 4, e7505. [Download Article]
Beer, J. S., Eastwick, P. W., & Goh, J. X. (2023). Hits and misses in the last decade of open science: Researchers from different subfields and career stages offer personal reflections and suggestions. Social Psychological Bulletin, 18, 1-23. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., & Joel, S. (2023). Mate evaluation theory. Psychological Review, 130, 211-241. [Download Article] [Supplemental Material] [Atlantic Article]
Eastwick, P. W., Joel, S., Carswell, K. L., Molden, D. C., Finkel, E. J., & Blozis, S. A. (2023). Predicting romantic interest during early relationship development: A preregistered investigation using machine learning. European Journal of Personality, 37, 276-312. [Download Article] [Supplemental Material]
2022
Alcser-Isais, A. N., Smith, L. K., & Eastwick, P. W. (2022). Inferring one’s own attitude towards an unknown attribute: The moderating role of complexity in juice tasting. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 21, 1368-1389. [Download Article]
Baxter, A., Maxwell, J. A., Bales, K. L., Finkel, E. J., Impett, E. A., & Eastwick, P. W. (2022). Initial impressions of mate value and compatibility predict later dating and romantic interest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, e2206925119. [Download Article]
Gawronski, B., Ledgerwood, A., Eastwick, P. W. (2022). Implicit bias ≠ bias on implicit measures. Psychological Inquiry, 33, 139-155 (target article). [Download Article]
Gawronski, B., Ledgerwood, A., Eastwick, P. W. (2022). Reflections on the difference between implicit bias and bias on implicit measures. Psychological Inquiry, 33, 219-231 (reply). [Download Article]
Rosenfeld, D. L., Balcetis, E., Bastian, B., Berkman, E. T., Bosson, J. K., Brannon, T. N., Burrow, A. L., Cameron, C. D., Chen, S., Cook, J. E., Crandall, C., Davidai, S., Dhont, K., Eastwick, P. W., Gaither, S. E., Gangestad, S. W., Gilovich, T., Gray, K., Haines, E. L., Haselton, M. G., Haslam, N., Hodson, G., Hogg, M. A., Hornsey, M. J., Huo, Y. J., Joel, S., Kachanoff, F., Kraft-Todd, G., Leary, M. R., Ledgerwood, A., Lee, R. T., Loughnan, S., MacInnis, C. C., Mann, T., Murray, D. R., Parkinson, C., Pérez, E. O., Pyszczynski, T., Ratner, K., Rothgerber, H., Rounds, J. D., Shaller, M., Silver, R. C., Spellman, B. A., Strohminger, N., Swim, J. K., Thoemmes, F., Urganci, B., Vandello, J. A., Volz, S., Zayas, V., & Tomiyama, A. J. (2022). Psychological science in the wake of COVID-19: Social, methodological, and metascientific considerations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17, 311-333. [Download Article]
2021
Hopwood, C. J., Good, E. W., Levendosky, A. A., Zimmermann, J., Dumat, D., Finkel, E. J., Eastwick, P. W., & Bleidorn, W. (2021). Realness is a core feature of authenticity. Journal of Research in Personality, 92, 104086. [Download Article]
2020
Gawronski, B., Ledgerwood, A., & Eastwick, P. W. (2020). Implicit bias and anti-discrimination policy. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 7, 99-106. [Download Article]
Huang, S. A., Ledgerwood, A., & Eastwick, P. W. (2020). How do ideal friend preferences and interaction context affect friendship formation? Evidence for a domain-general relationship initiation process. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11, 226-235. [Download Article]
Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., Allison, C. J., Arriaga, X. B., Baker, Z. G., Bar-Kalifa, E., Bergeron, S., Birnbaum, G., Brock, R. L., Brumbaugh, C. C., Carmichael, C. L., Chen, S., Clarke, J., Cobb, R. J., Coolsen, M. K., Davis, J., de Jong, D. C., Debrot, A., DeHaas, E. C., Derrick, J. L., Eller, J., Estrada, M. J., Faure, R., Finkel, E. J., Fraley, R. C., Gable, S. L., Gadassi, R., Girme, Y. U., Gordon, A. M., Gosnell, C. L., Hammond, M. D., Hannon, P. A., Harasymchuk, C., Hofmann, W., Horn, A. B., Impett, E. A., Jamieson, J. P., Keltner, D., Kim, J. J., Kirchner, J. L., Kluwer, E. S., Kumashiro, M., Larson, G., Lazarus, G., Logan, J. M., Luchies, L. B., MacDonald, G., Machia, L. V., Maniaci, M. R., Maxwell, J. A., Mizrahi, M., Muise, A., Niehuis, S., Ogolsky, B. G., Oldham, C. R., Overall, N. C., Perrez, M., Peters, B. J., Pietromonaco, P. R., Powers, S. I., Prok, T., Pshedetzky-Shochat, R., Rafaeli, E., Ramsdell, E., Reblin, M., Reicherts, M., Reifman, A., Reis, H. T., Rhoades, G. K., Rholes, W. S., Righetti, F., Rodriguez, L. M., Rogge, R., Rosen, N. O., Saxbe, D., Sened, H., Simpson, J. A., Slotter, E. B., Stanley, S. M., Stocker, S., Surra, C., Vaughn, A. A., Vicary, A. M., Visserman, M. L., & Wolf, S. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 19061-19071. [Download Article] [Supplemental Material] [Reddit]
Ledgerwood, A., Eastwick, P. W., & Gawronski, B. (2020). Experiences of liking versus ideas about liking. Behavioral and Brain Sciences (Commentary), 43, e121, 34-35. [Download Article]
Sparks, J., Daly, C., Wilkey, B. M., Molden, D. C., Finkel, E. J., & Eastwick, P. W. (2020). Negligible evidence that people desire partners who uniquely fit their ideals. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 90, 103968. [Download Article] [Supplemental Material] [NYPost] [The Guardian]
Rudnev, M., et al. (2020). Measurement invariance of the moral vitalism scale across 28 cultural groups. PLoS One, 15, e0233989. [Download Article]
Wang, Y. A., & Eastwick, P. W. (2020). Solutions to the problems of incremental validity testing in relationship science. Personal Relationships, 27, 156-175. [Download Article]
2019
Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., & Simpson, J. A. (2019). Relationship trajectories: A meta-theoretical framework and theoretical applications. Psychological Inquiry, 30, 1-28. (Target article). [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., & Simpson, J. A. (2019). The relationship trajectories framework: Explanation and expansion. Psychological Inquiry, 30, 48-57. (Response to commentaries). [Download Article] [Commentaries]
Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., & Simpson, J. A. (2019). Best practices for testing the predictive validity of ideal partner preference-matching. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 167-181. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., Smith, L. K., & Ledgerwood, A. (2019). How do people translate their experiences into abstract attribute preferences? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, 103837. [Download Article] [Supplemental Material]
Bastian, B., et al. (2019). Explaining illness with evil: Pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286, 20191576. [Download Article]
2018
Eastwick, P. W., Keneski, E., Morgan, T. A., McDonald, M. A., & Huang, S. A. (2018). What do short-term and long-term relationships look like? Building the Relationship Coordination and Strategic Timing (ReCAST) Model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147, 747-781. [Download Article] [Supplemental Materials] [Materials and Preregistration] [Stylist] [IFL Science] [KDRT Interview]
Eastwick, P. W., & Smith, L. K. (2018). Sex-differentiated effects of physical attractiveness on romantic desire: A highly powered, preregistered study in a photograph evaluation context. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 3, 1-27. [Download Article] [Data]
Ledgerwood, A., Eastwick, P. W., & Smith, L. K. (2018). Toward an integrative framework for studying human evaluation: Attitudes towards objects and attributes. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 22, 378-398. [Download Article]
Herrenbrueck, L., Xia, X., Eastwick, P. W., & Hui, C. M. (2018). Smart-dating in speed-dating: How a simple search model can explain matching decisions. European Economic Review, 106, 54-76. [Download Article]
Joel, S. & Eastwick, P. W. (2018). Intervening earlier: An upstream approach to improving relationship quality. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5, 25-32. [Download Article]
Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2018). Open sharing of data on close relationships and other sensitive social psychological topics: Challenges, tools, and future directions. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1, 86-94. [Download Article]
Winking, J., Eastwick, P. W., Smith, L. K., & Koster, J. (2018). Applicability of the investment model scale in a natural fertility population. Personal Relationships, 25, 497-516. [Download Article]
2017
Eastwick, P. W., Harden, K. P., Shukusky, J. A., Morgan, T. A., & Joel, S.. (2017). Consistency and Inconsistency among romantic partners over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112, 838-859. [Download Article] [OSF Data Files and Scripts]
Finkel, E. J., Eastwick, P. W., & Reis, H. T. (2017). Replicability and other features of a high-quality science: Toward a balanced and empirical approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 244-253. [Download Article]
Finkel, E. J., Simpson, J. A., Eastwick, P. W. (2017). The psychology of close relationships: Fourteen core principles. Annual Review of Psychology, 68, 383-411. [Download Article]
Joel, S., Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2017). Is romantic desire predictable? Machine learning applied to initial romantic attraction. Psychological Science, 28, 1478-1489. [Download Article] [Data] [Materials] [Dr. Joel's Tedx Talk] [Dr. Eastwick's BYURadio Interview]
Lu, J.G., Hafenbrack, A.C., Eastwick, P.W., Wang, D., Maddux, W.W., & Galinsky, A.D. (2017). “Going Out” of the Box: Close intercultural relationships spark creativity, workplace innovation, and entrepreneurship. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102, 1091-1108. [Download Article]
Tidwell, N. D., Eastwick, P. W., & Kim, A. (2017). She's not one of us: Group membership moderates the effect of fertility cues on attractiveness ratings. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 689-697. [Download Article] [OSF Preregistration]
2016
Durante, K. W., Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., Gangestad, S. W., Simpson, J. A. (2016). Pair-bonded relationships and romantic alternatives: Toward an integration of evolutionary and relationship science perspectives. In J. M. Olson & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (pp.1-74). Burlington: Academic Press. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W. (2016). The emerging integration of close relationships research and evolutionary psychology. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 183-190. [Download Article]
Laurin, K., Fitzsimons, G. M., Finkel, E. J., Carswell, K. L., vanDellen, M. R., Hofmann, W., Lambert, N. M., Eastwick, P. W., Fincham, F. D., & Brown, P. C. (2016). Power and the pursuit of a partner’s goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, 840-868. [Download Article]
Park, L. E., Young, A. F., Eastwick, P. W. Troisi, J. D., & Streamer, L. (2016). Desirable but not smart: Preference for smarter romantic partners impairs women’s STEM outcomes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 46, 158-179. [Download Article]
Vacharkulksemsuk, V., Reit, E., Khambatta, P., Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., & Carney, D. R. (2016). Dominant, open nonverbal displays are attractive at zero-acquaintance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113, 4009-4014. [Download Article]
2015
Eastwick, P. W., & Durante, K. W. (2015). Adaptive workarounds. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 92-96. [Download Article]
Finkel, E. J., & Eastwick, P. W. (2015). Attachment and pair-bonding. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 3, 7-11. [Download Article]
Finkel, E. J., Eastwick, P. W., & Reis, H. T. (2015). Best research practices in psychology: Illustrating epistemological and pragmatic considerations with the case of relationship science. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 275-297. [Download Article]
Finkel, E. J., Norton, M. I., Reis, H. T., Ariely, D., Caprariello, P. A., Eastwick, P. W., Frost, J. H., & Maniaci, M. R. (2015). When does familiarity promote versus undermine interpersonal attraction? An integrative model from erstwhile adversaries. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10, 3-19. [Download Article]
Hunt, L. L., Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2015). Leveling the playing field: Acquaintance length predicts reduced assortative mating on attractiveness. Psychological Science, 26, 1046-1053. [Download Article] [OSF Materials] [NYTimes]
Kelley, N. J., Eastwick, P. W., Harmon-Jones, E., & Schmeichel, B. J. (2015). Induced relative left frontal cortical activity increases jealousy. Emotion, 15, 550-555. [Download Article]
Park, L. E., Young, A. F., & Eastwick, P. W. (2015). (Psychological) distance makes the heart grow fonder: Effects of psychological distance and relative intelligence on men’s attraction to women. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 1549-1473. [Download Article]
2014
Eastwick, P. W. & Buck, A. A. (2014). Too much matching: A Social Relations Model enhancement of the pairing game. Teaching of Psychology, 41, 246-250. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W. & Hunt, L. L. (2014). Relational mate value: Consensus and uniqueness in romantic evaluations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 728-751. [Download Article] [NYTimes Op-Ed]
Eastwick, P. W., Luchies, L. B., Finkel, E. J, & Hunt, L. L. (2014). The predictive validity of ideal partner preferences: A review and meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 140, 623-665. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., Luchies, L. B., Finkel, E. J, & Hunt, L. L. (2014). The many voices of Darwin's descendants: Reply to Schmitt (2014). Psychological Bulletin, 140, 673-681. [Download Article] [Commentary]
Eastwick, P. W., Neff, L. A., Finkel, E. J., Luchies, L. B., & Hunt, L. L. (2014). Is a meta-analysis a foundation or just another brick? Comment on Meltzer, McNulty, Jackson, & Karney (2014). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 429-434. [Download Article] [Original Article]
2013
Eastwick, P. W. (2013). The psychology of the pair-bond: Past and future contributions of close relationships research to evolutionary psychology. Psychological Inquiry, 24, 183-191. [Download Commentary] [Target article]
Eastwick, P. W., Hunt, L. L., & Neff, L. A. (2013). External validity, why art thou externally valid? Recent studies of attraction provide three theoretical answers. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7, 275-288. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., Wilkey, B. M., Finkel, E. J., Lambert, N. M., Fitzsimons, G., Brown, P. C., & Fincham, F. D. (2013). Act with authority: Romantic desire at the nexus of power possessed and power perceived. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 267-271. [Download Article]
Luchies, L. B., Wieselquist, J., Rusbult, C. E., Kumashiro, M., Eastwick, P. W., Coolsen, M. K. & Finkel, E. J., (2013). Trust and biased memory of transgressions in romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 673-694. [Download Article]
Tidwell, N. D., & Eastwick, P. W. (2013). Sex differences in succumbing to sexual temptations: A function of impulse or control? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1620-1633. [Download Article]
Tidwell, N. D., Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2013). Perceived, not actual, similarity predicts initial attraction in a live romantic context: Evidence from the speed-dating paradigm. PersonalRelationships, 20, 199-215. [Download Article]
2012
Eastwick, P. W. & Finkel, E. J. (2012). The evolutionary armistice: Attachment bonds moderate the function of ovulatory cycle adaptations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 174-184. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., & Neff, L. A. (2012). Do ideal partnerpreferences predict divorce? A tale of two metrics. Social Psychological andPersonality Science, 3, 667-674. [Download Article]
Finkel, E. J., Eastwick, P. W., Karney, B. R., Reis, H. T., & Sprecher, S. (2012). Online dating: A critical analysis from the perspective of psychological science. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 13, 3-66. [Download Article]
2011
Eastwick, P. W., Eagly, A. H., Finkel, E. J., & Johnson, S. E. (2011). Implicit and explicit preferences for physical attractiveness in a romantic partner: A double dissociation in predictive validity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 993-1011. [Download Article] [Chicago Tribune]
Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., & Eagly, A. H. (2011). When and why do ideal partner preferences affect the process of initiating and maintaining romantic relationships? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 1012-1032. [Download Article]
Ireland, M. E., Slatcher, R. B., Eastwick, P. W., Scissors, L. E., Finkel, E. J., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2011). Language style matching predicts relationship initiation and stability. Psychological Science, 22, 39-44. [Download Article] [Reuters]
Reis, H. T., Maniaci, M. R., Caprariello, P. A., Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2011). Familiarity does indeed promote attraction in live interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 557-570. [Download Article]
Reis, H. T., Maniaci, M. R., Caprariello, P. A., Eastwick, P. W., & Finkel, E. J. (2011). In live interaction, does familiarity promote attraction or contempt? A reply to Norton, Frost, & Ariely, (2011). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 575-578. [Download Article] [Commentary]
2010
Eastwick, P. W., Saigal, S. D., & Finkel, E. J. (2010). Smooth operating: A structural analysis of social behavior perspective on initial romantic encounters. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 344-352. [Download Article]
2009
Eastwick, P. W. (2009). Beyond the Pleistocene: Using phylogeny and constraint to inform the evolutionary psychology of human mating. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 794-821. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., Richeson, J. A., Son, D., & Finkel, E. J. (2009). Is love colorblind? Political orientation and interracial romantic desire. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1258-1268. [Download Article]
Eagly, A. H., Eastwick, P. W., & Johannesen-Schmidt, M. C. (2009). Possible selves in marital roles: The impact of the anticipated division of labor on the mate preferences of women and men. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 403-414. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W. & Gardner, W. L. (2009). Is it a game? Evidence for social influence in the virtual world. Social Influence, 4, 18-32. [Download Article]
Finkel, E. J. & Eastwick, P. W. (2009). Arbitrary social norms influence sex differences in romantic selectivity. Psychological Science, 20, 1290-1295. [Download Article]
2008
Eastwick, P. W. & Finkel, E. J. (2008). The attachment system in fledgling relationships: An activating role for attachment anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 628-647. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W. & Finkel, E. J. (2008). Sex differences in mate preferences revisited: Do people know what they initially desire in a romantic partner? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 245-264. [Download Article] [Newsweek]
Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., Krishnamurti, T., & Loewenstein, G. (2008). Mispredicting distress following romantic breakup: Revealing the time course of the affective forecasting error. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 800-807. [Download Article] [Washington Post]
Finkel, E. J. & Eastwick, P. W. (2008). Speed-dating. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 193-197. [Download Article] [Nature] [Chicago Tribune]
2007
Eastwick, P. W., Finkel, E. J., Mochon, D., & Ariely, D. (2007). Selective versus unselective romantic desire: Not all reciprocity is created equal. Psychological Science, 18, 317-319. [Download Article] [New York Times]
Finkel, E. J., Eastwick, P. W., & Matthews, J. (2007). Speed-dating as an invaluable tool for studying romantic attraction: A methodological primer. Personal Relationships, 14, 149-166. [Download Article]
2006
Eastwick, P. W., Eagly, A. H., Glick, P., Johannesen-Schmidt, M. C., Fiske, S. T., Blum, A. M. B., Eckes, T., Freiburger, P., Huang, L., Fernández, M. L., Manganelli, A. M., Pek, J. C. X., Castro, Y. R., Sakalli-Ugurlu, N., Six-Materna, I., & Volpato, C. (2006). Is traditional gender ideology associated with sex-typed mate preferences? A test in nine nations. Sex Roles, 54, 603-614. [Download Article]
Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries
Finkel, E. J., & Eastwick, P. E. (2015). Interpersonal attraction: Toward a theoretical integration of the literature. In J. A. Simpson & J. F. Dovidio (Eds.), Handbook of personality and social psychology: Interpersonal relations and group processes, (pp. 179-210). Washington: American Psychological Association. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W. (2013). Cultural influences on attraction. In Jeffry A. Simpson & Lorne Campbell (Eds.), Handbook of Close Relationships (pp. 161-182). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. [Download Article]
Eastwick, P. W., & Tidwell, N. D. (2013). To pair bond or not: The evolutionary psychological approach to human mating. In C. Hazan & M. Campa (Eds.), Human Bonding. (pp. 132-160). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Hunt, L. L., & Eastwick, P. W. (2013). The uniquely valuable mate. In L. Bormans (Ed.), The World Book of Love (262-265). Tielt, Belgium: Lannoo Publishers.
Tidwell, N. D., & Eastwick, P. W. (2013). Mate selection. In K. D. Keith (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology (855-858). New York: Wiley.
Eastwick, P. W. & Finkel, E. J. (2009). Infatuation. In Harry T. Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp. 843-846). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Eastwick, P. W. & Finkel, E. J. (2009). Reciprocity of Liking. In Harry T. Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp. 1333-1336). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Finkel, E. J. & Eastwick, P. W. (2009). Hard-to-get phenomenon. In Harry T. Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp. 788-790). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Finkel, E. J. & Eastwick, P. W. (2009). Speed-dating. In Harry T. Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp. 1587-1589). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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