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Preferred Traits for One’s Future Offspring

2024-12-12

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<p>We examined preferences for the characteristics of one’s future offspring in a sample of 391 Canadian undergraduate students who provided self-reports, with a focus on several issues: (1) the relative preference for “success” traits (ambition, athleticism, attractiveness, charisma, intelligence) versus “humanity” traits (kindness, generosity, fairness, honesty), (2) the relative preferences among the various “s...

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Literature Corpus work: 72f8d8ee-8d42-552a-aab6-f17c7dede38d
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/byade

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