Relationships
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Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What is the key assumption?
A
Instinctive, hardwired, darwin survival of the fittest, sexual selection for reproduction
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2
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Define intrasexual
A
Short term dating preferences
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3
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What is sexual dimorphism?
A
Physical traits men have had to evolve to be bigger and more distinct in their characteristics
than women
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4
Q
, EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What do men compete for?
A
The ‘choosy’ female, anisogamy limited reproductive possibility compared to men, biological
clock
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5
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What does menopause mean?
A
There is a certain gap available for women to conceive and carry a baby. Women have one
egg released a month and have to be choosy bc face more consequences
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6
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What did Buss and Schmitt find?
A
Universal trends for short term dting in men and women.
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7
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What were B and S traits for men?
A
Less time spent with a woman, the more he can mate with, seek sex earlier in a relationship
and lose interest afterwards
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8
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What did Clark and Hatfield do?
A
Ask students if they would sleep with a random person? Women 0%, men 75%. Men
hardwired in comparison to women
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9
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Define intersexuality
A
Long term sexual relationships
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10
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What did Buss look at?
A
37 cultures across the globe, 10-000 pps
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11
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What is fecundity?
A
, What unites men and women with what they find attractive
3
12
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Men to women
A
The ability to produce instinctively drawn to physical traits for women (signs of fertility)
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13
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Women to men
A
Mens ability to care for children
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14
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Why do women prefer older men?
A
Because more experience, which can make them more likely to provide resources and look
after women plus offspring
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15
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Why do women care about what a man looks like?
1
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What is the key assumption?
A
Instinctive, hardwired, darwin survival of the fittest, sexual selection for reproduction
5
2
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Define intrasexual
A
Short term dating preferences
5
3
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What is sexual dimorphism?
A
Physical traits men have had to evolve to be bigger and more distinct in their characteristics
than women
5
4
Q
, EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What do men compete for?
A
The ‘choosy’ female, anisogamy limited reproductive possibility compared to men, biological
clock
3
5
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What does menopause mean?
A
There is a certain gap available for women to conceive and carry a baby. Women have one
egg released a month and have to be choosy bc face more consequences
5
6
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What did Buss and Schmitt find?
A
Universal trends for short term dting in men and women.
3
7
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What were B and S traits for men?
A
Less time spent with a woman, the more he can mate with, seek sex earlier in a relationship
and lose interest afterwards
,3
8
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What did Clark and Hatfield do?
A
Ask students if they would sleep with a random person? Women 0%, men 75%. Men
hardwired in comparison to women
3
9
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Define intersexuality
A
Long term sexual relationships
5
10
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What did Buss look at?
A
37 cultures across the globe, 10-000 pps
3
11
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
What is fecundity?
A
, What unites men and women with what they find attractive
3
12
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Men to women
A
The ability to produce instinctively drawn to physical traits for women (signs of fertility)
4
13
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Women to men
A
Mens ability to care for children
5
14
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Why do women prefer older men?
A
Because more experience, which can make them more likely to provide resources and look
after women plus offspring
4
15
Q
EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION FOR SEXUAL SELECTION
Why do women care about what a man looks like?
