A02 evolutionary explanations of gender roles Flashcards
What are the 3 sections for the evaluation
Speculative theories
Research support
Implications
Talk about speculative research
Evolutionary expos ignore social expos so they’re determinist.
They’re also speculative cz they don’t have a firm factual basis
Example for speculative research and who said this is bad in evo exp
The idea that neanderthal no longer exist is cz of lack of division of labour is plausible but there’s no evidence for that this is the case
Tzedakis et al said that it could be due to climate change in Europe that they became extinct
What are the 2 subsections for research support
Mate choice
Tend and befriend
Who tested mate choice
Dunbar and waynforth
What did Dunbar and waynforth do and find
Confirmed the diff between males and females in terms of how they advertise themselves to the opposite sex
They use personal ads 5 check what men and women sough and advertised from the opposite sex respectively
44% of males sought a physically attractive partner. 22% of women did so
50% of women offered attractiveness. 34% of males did so
Who tested tend and befriend?
Ennis et al
Taylor et al
What did ennis et al do and find
Tested male and female diff in stress response
Checked levels of cortisol which is a a stress hormone a week before an exam and immediately before wan exam
Found in males a lot of cortisol levels
Females decreased cortisol which suggests that women respond to stressors differently
What did taylor et al do and find
Under stress, oxytocin levels a hormone that makes you more social and reduces anxiety rose, supporting the tend and befriend theory
What are the 2 subsections for the implications
The meat sharing hypothesis
Autism
Who tested the meat sharing hypothesis
Hill and kaplan
What did hill and kaplan do and find
Modern hunter gatherer societies have shown that men would use meat to attract females
So men would have used meat as a means of attracting females
Who tested autism twice
Baron Cohen
What were his experiments
Autism is an example of the extreme male brain. Hugh in silts thematisch low in empathising
Autistic ppl are characterised as lacking social skills and find it hard to understand what others are thinking
Found autistics to score highly in systematising and low empathising and example of an extreme male brain
