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when the costs of false positives and false negatives differ, selection favors judgment biases toward the cheaper error, as in men's overperception of sexual interest.

In evolutionary psychology, error management theory refers to when the costs of false positives and false negatives differ, selection favors judgment biases toward the cheaper error, as in men's overperception of sexual interest. This meaning comes from Haselton (2000) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Haselton, M. G., & Buss, D. M. (2000). Error management theory: A new perspective on biases in cross-sex mind reading. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(1), 81-91. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.78.1.81

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