Their two alternative hypotheses were: H1: They term it the “potentials-attract” hypothesis, “individuals relate self-perception on sex-specific indicators of reproductive potential to selectivity of mate preference for sex-specific indicators of reproductive potential in the opposite sex” (Buston and Emlen, 2003). H2: They term it the “likes-attract” hypothesis, “individuals relate self-perception on one trait to selectivity of mate preference in the same trait” (Buston and Emlen, 2003). They conducted this research on residents in Ithaca, New York. They were all heterosexual males and females, ages 18-24, there were 471 males and 507 females for a total of 978 participants. They had participants fill out the mate-preference survey which
