Table 1. Predicted associations of the potentials-attract hypothesis.

Categorical self-perception score	Categorical mate-preference score
	Wealth and status	Family commitment	Physical appearance	Sexual fidelity
Wealth and status			M	M
Family commitment			M	M
Physical appearance	F	F
Sexual fidelity	F	F

Schematic representation of the predicted associations between the importance placed on traits of a long-term mate and one's perception of oneself as a long-term mate according to two hypothesized cognitive mechanisms is shown. M and F indicate, for males and females, respectively, that a positive relationship is predicted between those categories of mate-preference score and self-perception score (see also Table 2). The potentials-attract hypothesis predicts strong relationships between self-perception scores on traits indicative of the respondent's own reproductive potential and mate-preference scores on traits indicative of a mate's reproductive potential.