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27 Cards in this Set
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What is Parental Investment?
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• The sex that invests more in offspring (typically but not always the female) will be more discriminating or selective about mating.
• The sex that invests less in offspring will be more competitive for sexual access to the high-investing sex • In humans, women tend to be more selective about potential mates |
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What are some solutions to the adaptive problem of selecting a mate who is able to invest, in long term female mating strategies?
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– Good financial prospects
– Social Status – Older Age – Ambition/industriousness – Size, strength, athletic ability |
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What are some solutions to the adaptive problem of selecting a mate who is willing to invest in long term female mating strategies?
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– Dependability and stability
– Love and commitment cues – Positive interactions with children |
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What are some solutions to the adaptive problem of selecting a mate who is able to physically protect her and children in long term female mating strategies?
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– Size (height)
– Strength – Bravery – Athletic ability |
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What are some solutions to the adaptive problem of selecting a mate who will show good parenting skills in long term female mating strategies?
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– Dependability
– Emotional Stability – Kindness – Positive interactions with children |
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What are some solutions to the adaptive problem of selecting a mate who is compatible in long term female mating strategies?
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– Similar values
– Similar ages – Similar personalities |
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What are some solutions to the adaptive problem of selecting a mate who is healthy in long term female mating strategies?
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– Physical attractiveness
– Symmetry – Healthy – Masculinity |
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What are the 10 preferences for women in long term strategy?
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-Preference for economic resources
-Preference for good financial prospects -Preference for high social status -Preference for somewhat older men -Preference for ambition and industriousness -Preference for dependability and stability -Preference for athletic prowess -Preference for good health and physical appearance -Preference for willingness to invest in children -Preference for similarity |
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True or False; Successful women place a greater emphasis
on resources than less successful women. |
True
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What are six reasons for male long term strategy?
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• Increased odds of successfully attracting a mate
• Increased odds of attracting a more desirable mate • Increased paternity certainty • Increased odds that his offspring survive • Increased social status • Increased coalitional alliances |
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What is the solution to the adaptive problem of men selecting a mate that can bear children?
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Prefer women with youth and good health
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What is reproductive value?
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The number of offspring an individual of a given age and sex is likely to have in the future (i.e., potential expected reproductive potential).
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What is fertility?
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Actual reproductive performance (number of viable offspring produced).
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at how many years do females usually peak reproductively?
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20 - 21
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What are five standards of physical beauty?
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• Hair quality
• Skin quality • Facial femininity • Facial Symmetry • Facial Averageness |
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What is the benefit of men short term mating?
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Parental investment & sexual selection
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What are the potential costs of men short term mating?
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– Contracting STD
– Social reputation as “womanizer” – Lowered chance of offspring surviving – Violence at hands of mates or family members – Retaliatory affairs by wives/mate |
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What is the attraction reduction effect?
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Men with more sexual partners experienced a sharp decline in sexual attractiveness of partner immediately following intercourse.
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What do males have regret over sexually?
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Missed sexual opportunities
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What do females have regret over sexually?
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sexual actions already taken
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What is the resource hypothesis?
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women could engage in short-term mating in exchange for meat, goods, or services. Also ancestral women might have been able to obscure paternity and gain resources from two or more males
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What is the genes hypothesis?
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Women could have a fertility backup if a regular mate is infertile or impotent. Basicly, a woman has sex with a man with good genes and tricks the impotent man into providing resources.
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What is mate switching?
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If a mate stops bringing in resources, starts abusing or “otherwise declines in his value to her as a mate”, the woman could have a short- term affair and this would help the women get rid of her long- term mate.
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What is the Mate Skill Acquisition Hypothesis?
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Means to assess and evaluate prospective long- term mates
This allows a woman to clarify the qualities she desires, evaluate her compatibility with a mate reveal hidden costs he might carry. |
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What is the Mate Manipulation Hypothesis?
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That by cheating on a mate who has been unfaithful, a woman can gain revenge for infidelity and increase commitment of regular mate.
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What are six risks or costs of women short-term mating?
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• Reputation as Promiscuous
• Greater risk of physical and sexual abuse • Becoming pregnant and rearing child alone • Removal of resources from current mate • Increasing sibling competition • Contracting STDs |
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What is evidence to support women's short term mating?
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The female orgasm retains more sperm (~5%) and women are more likely to be orgasmic with affair partner
than husband. |