Aggression - evolutionary explanations

Question 1

3 factors of infidelity/jealousy

Answer 1

Mate retention, Sexual coercion, Deter/eliminate rival

Question 2

Dobash and Dobash

Answer 2

Studies of battered women revealed victims frequently cite extreme sexual jealousy

Question 3

Shackleford

Answer 3

men’s use of mate-retention strategies positively correlated with their violence scores - inter sexual negative inducements and direct guarding

Question 4

Goetz and Shackleford

Answer 4

found men who had sexually coerced their partners were more likely to accuse their wife of infidelity - wives who were sexually coerced were more likely to admit to infidelity

Question 5

Daly and Wilson

Answer 5

threats to male status - a meta-analysis of men with women who had cheated - male-male murder = 63.5% (deter/eliminate rival) male-female murder = 22.7% (mate retention)