Anth 216 - Final Exam Review Questions With
Complete Answers
What do men stand to lose if their mate pursues extra-pair copulations? - ANSWER
paternity certainty, guard against cuckoldry (raising someone else's offspring)
What do women stand to lose if their mate pursues extra-pair copulations? - ANSWER
guard against loss of economic investment, parental investment, good genes
What sex differences emerge in emotional and sexual jealousy? - ANSWER men: in more
distress thinking about their partner with another person in sexual way
women: more in distress thinking about their partner with another person in deep love
way
What qualities do women look for in men? - ANSWER good condition, resources, and
status
What is competition? - ANSWER conflict that happens when an organism makes use of a
resource unavailable to another organism (ex: competition over mates and rights to
copulate)
What do women compete over and why? - ANSWER good gene males because it takes
away a source of investment for other mates to keep it for themselves
, What are the 2 forms of female-female competition? - ANSWER direct: attack, physical
aggression, threats
indirect: looking beautiful, youthful, faithful, dowry
What are ecological and cultural factors that affect female-female competition? -
ANSWER if women are able to choose their mates, number of men available, variability in
mate quality, SES, economic dependence of women
What has been the primary mechanism of sexual selection in women? - ANSWER mate
choice (behavior and traits to attract mates, ovulatory clues in animals that lead to higher
chances of mating and copulation)
What evidence suggests that primary mechanism of sexual selection in men has been
contests? - ANSWER size, strength, aggression, threat displays, weapons
What is the dimensionality hypothesis? - ANSWER 2D: land, more male-male
competition
3D: more difficult to account for competitors and territory in 3D environments because
it's air, land, and water
How much sperm competition did ancestral men experience and what evidence supports
this? - ANSWER chimp > humans > gorillas
evidence: relative teste size, sperm mobility
Complete Answers
What do men stand to lose if their mate pursues extra-pair copulations? - ANSWER
paternity certainty, guard against cuckoldry (raising someone else's offspring)
What do women stand to lose if their mate pursues extra-pair copulations? - ANSWER
guard against loss of economic investment, parental investment, good genes
What sex differences emerge in emotional and sexual jealousy? - ANSWER men: in more
distress thinking about their partner with another person in sexual way
women: more in distress thinking about their partner with another person in deep love
way
What qualities do women look for in men? - ANSWER good condition, resources, and
status
What is competition? - ANSWER conflict that happens when an organism makes use of a
resource unavailable to another organism (ex: competition over mates and rights to
copulate)
What do women compete over and why? - ANSWER good gene males because it takes
away a source of investment for other mates to keep it for themselves
, What are the 2 forms of female-female competition? - ANSWER direct: attack, physical
aggression, threats
indirect: looking beautiful, youthful, faithful, dowry
What are ecological and cultural factors that affect female-female competition? -
ANSWER if women are able to choose their mates, number of men available, variability in
mate quality, SES, economic dependence of women
What has been the primary mechanism of sexual selection in women? - ANSWER mate
choice (behavior and traits to attract mates, ovulatory clues in animals that lead to higher
chances of mating and copulation)
What evidence suggests that primary mechanism of sexual selection in men has been
contests? - ANSWER size, strength, aggression, threat displays, weapons
What is the dimensionality hypothesis? - ANSWER 2D: land, more male-male
competition
3D: more difficult to account for competitors and territory in 3D environments because
it's air, land, and water
How much sperm competition did ancestral men experience and what evidence supports
this? - ANSWER chimp > humans > gorillas
evidence: relative teste size, sperm mobility
