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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Human nature

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behavioral, motivational, and emotional similarity among people that results from their common evolution history.

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Psychological Mechanisms

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evolved through natural selection to solve specific problems of adaption to the environment.

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Universal motives

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are a particular type of psychological mechanism and will be reserved for the commonality of motives among humans that has evolved over their evolutionary history.

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Genes

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parts of a persons DNA content that provide the information necessary for the construction of proteins, which form the building blocks of the various neurological structures that make up the brain and nervous system.

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Romantic Love

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a strong attachment that individuals have for one another and promotes long-term commitment.

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Mate value

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Characteristics that are desired by the other sex

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Biosocial theory

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change in emphasis from evolution to culture

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Structural powerless hypthesis

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both men and women want the same financial resources.

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Mate poaching

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refers to the attempt to attract someone who is already in a romantic relationship in order to form either a short or long term relationship with the poached individual.

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Emotional infidelity

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Imaging your partner forming a deep emotional attachment to the person

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Sexual infidelity

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imagining your partner enjoying passionate sexual intercourse with that other persons.

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12
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Sexual desire

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universal motive that induces sexual behavior for the production of offspring

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Evolutionary history

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refers to a persons genetic make up or nature and personal history is the persons experiences or nurture.

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14
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What women find attractive

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Status, Dominance, resources (abilities)

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What men find attractive

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Traits of reproductive value. (physical, young, good health)

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16
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Inis Beag

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Little sexual activity, high anxiety about sex or things related to sex

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17
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Dani

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Have little sex and no anxiety.

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18
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Mangaia

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Lots of sex and sexual activity little anxiety

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Mehinaku

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Lots of anxiety Lost of sex

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20
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Evolution significance of romantic love

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It serves as the glue that binds a couple together

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21
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Evolutionary history as a source of motivation focus on what?

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behavior humans have in common in spite of vast social and cultural differences

22
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Sir Francis Galton

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Nuture vs. nature

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Fear

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evolved to motivate behavior to escape or avoid

24
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Universals

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traits that are found in almost all cultures and societies

25
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Brown

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Universal

26
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Orgasm

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an incentive and reinforcer for sexual intercourse

27
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Reagan 1998 2000

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features that define romantic love-rate of sexual desire and passion

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Point of natural selection

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ensure survival and longevity

29
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Short term cooperation

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required for sexual intercourse that leads to conception

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Long term cooperation

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necessary for care of any infants

31
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3 features/characteristics that make a face attractive

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symmetrical, sexual dimorphism, facial configurations

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Rhodes

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Face attractiveness has average lip, eye and nose size

33
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Jokela

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number of offspring is associate with the degree of attractiveness

34
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Zebrowitz and Rhodes

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physical appearance suggest the possibility of bad genes. -genes that signal potential disease and low inttellgence

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Universality of beauty and health

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People agree who is beautiful and who is not within their culture.

36
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Three reasons for universality of beauty and health

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People agree who is beautiful and not within their culture. 2 agree on standards of beauty for faces in cultures other then their own. 3 people agree on the degree of attractiveness among children

37
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Parental investment for women

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carry child 38 weeks.

38
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What a women looks for in a long term mate

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ambition and industriousness resourses and committment good financial prospects

39
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What a man looks for in a long term mate

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Young and good looks - they are considered signs of health and fertility

40
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Three mate value characteristics

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ambitious- good financial- good looks

41
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Biosocial theory

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stresses interaction between social experiences and the evolved sex difference of strength and reproductive capacity.

42
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Wood and eagly

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biological sex differences in strength and reproductive capacity interact with societal expectations that men should have greater power and status while women should accommodate to a lesser role.

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BBC british broadasting coporation

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survey regarding rating of physical and mental traits

44
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Real fear define

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the interaction between evolutionary history and personal histery with dangerous stimuli

45
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What did Valentine conclude about fear?

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it is an instinct lurking ready to appear when the occasion arises.

46
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Contraprepared behaviors

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are one that occcure with difficulty and only after much experience.

47
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Omnivorous

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Able to eat a variety of foods.

48
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Food neophobia

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tendency to avoid novel foods and prefer familiar foods.

49
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Neophobic

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not willing to try new food

50
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Neophilics

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willing to try new food

51
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Entrainment

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refers to body movements that synchronize with an external auditory beat

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