Dr. Paul Eastwick

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Northwestern University (2009)

Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235

Office: 212 Psychology Building
email: eastwick@tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-2581
Fax: (979) 845-4727
Web: http://peopl...~eastwick/

• Sex differences in romantic processes
• Ideal romantic partner preferences and their effects on relationship initiation and maintenance
• Attachment theory and its relevance for romantic relationship development
• Human evolution
• The intersection of attraction and racial prejudice
• Affective forecasting

Eastwick, P. W. (in press). Beyond the Pleistocene: Using phylogeny and constraint to inform the evolutionary psychology of human mating. Psychological Bulletin.

Finkel, E. J. & Eastwick, P. W. (in press). Arbitrary social norms influence sex differences in romantic selectivity. Psychological Science.

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.

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.

Eastwick, P. W. & Gardner, W. L. (2009). Is it a game? Evidence for social influence in the virtual world. Social Influence, 4, 18-32.

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.

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.

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.

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