APA Dictionary of Psychology

Coolidge effect

Updated on 04/19/2018
increased sexual vigor when a human or nonhuman animal mates with multiple partners. The phenomenon is named for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, alluding to a visit that he and his wife made to a farm where Mrs. Coolidge observed a rooster mating frequently. She allegedly asked the farmer to point this out to her husband, who is said to have replied “Same hen each time?”
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