Chapter 6: Short Term Mating

Question 1

benefits of male STM

Answer 1

more offspring

Question 2

costs of male STM

Answer 2

• STD
• reputation
• lower quality offspring
• jealous rivals
• jealous wives (cuckoldry, defection)

Question 3

benefits of women STM

Answer 3

• resources: immediate exchange, paternity confusion, protection, status elevation
• good genes: better genes (sexy sons), genetic diversity
• Mate switching: mate explusion, mate replacement, mate insurance
• Short-term or long-term: mate evaluation, experimentation, skills training
• Mate Manipulation: increase commitment, deter mates infidelity

Question 4

costs of women STM

Answer 4

• STD
• repuation
• jealous husband (abuse/defection)
• sibling rivarly
• pregnancy

Question 5

psychological evidence for STM in ancestral humans

Answer 5

sperm competition, female orgasm, ovulatory shifts in female mate preferences

Question 6

what is sperm competition?

Answer 6

When sperm from more than one male occupies the reproductive tract of a female

• Larger testicle sizes in polyandrous mating (more competition)
• Bigger testicles produce larger ejaculates
• Pornograhy and group sex might stimiulate psychological mechanisms to promote sperm competition
• Specialization of spermatozoa for warfare (fertilizing sperm and blocking sperm)

Question 7

Sperm count ______ following separation from partner

Answer 7

increases

Question 8

The longer since a man has seen his partner: (1) the ______ attractive he rates her (2) the ______ interested he is in copulating with her

Answer 8

more; more

Question 9

What is the function of the female orgasm?

Answer 9

Function is to retain sperm

• Draws sperm into cervical canal and uterus to increase probabiltiy of conception
• Sperm retention 30 min following ejaculation increases from 65% to 70%
• Women more likely to be orgasmic with extra-pair partner than in-pair partner
• Others have argued female orgasm is a byproduct of male orgasm

Question 10

What shifts occur in female prefenences during the fertile period of the ovulatory cycle

Answer 10

• attraction to and fantasy baout extra-pair men
• more creative men
• greater social presence & intrasexual competition
• more masculine male faces
• more symmetrical features
• smell fo more symmetrical men
• shift occurs mostly for short-term mating context

Question 11

Parental investment theory predicts that the desire for short term mating will be stronger in _______

Answer 11

men

Question 12

__________: preference for sex in the context of long-term relationship only; emphasize relationship skills

Answer 12

restricted sociosexual orientation

Question 13

__________: preference for sex without necessity for love
- emphasize attractiveness
- sex early in relationship
- more partners (past, present, future)
- more one night stands
- opposite sex friends are potential partners

Answer 13

unrestricted sociosexual orientation

Question 14

_______ have more restricted sociosexual orientations than _______

Answer 14

women; men

Question 15

What are some adaptive problems for men?

Answer 15

How to get more women?
- desire for variety
- relaxed standards
- preference for promiscuity
- desire for fertile women
- avoid long-term commitment

Question 16

Explanations of male desire for variety

Answer 16

• pornography
• sexual fantasies
• prostitution
• extramarital affairs
• coolidge effect (if novel female presented, refactory period truncated)
• ideal number of parterns is greater than women

Question 17

• men prefer to date _____ intelligence women
• men prefer to have sex with ______ intelligence women
• men prefer to go steady with ______ intelligence women
• men prefer to marry _______ intelligence women

Answer 17

• average
• low
• high
• really high

Question 18

women prefer ________ intelligence men to date, have sex, go steady, and marry

Answer 18

increasing

Question 19

_______ are more likely to have sex with people they just met then _______

Answer 19

men; women

Question 20

What is the function of sexual regret?

Answer 20

To improve future decision making by motivating individuals to avoid past mistakes

Question 21

Men regret sexual _______

Answer 21

omissions (missed opportunities)

Question 22

Women regret sexual ________

Answer 22

commissions (unwanted opportunities)

Question 23

________: highly desirable males have more leverage in mating market and are better able to pursue short-term mating

Answer 23

cads

Question 24

________: less desirable males must compromise and pursue long term mating

Answer 24

dads

Question 25

fewer males: males shift towards ______ mating
excess of males: both sexes shift towards ________ mating

Answer 25

short-term; long-term

Question 26

__________: sexual regret in men may be an evolved feature designed to facilitate future sexual opportunities and avoid commitments

Answer 26

evolved feature hypothesis

Question 27

________ more likely to engage in extramarital sex

Answer 27

men

Question 28

________ initate hookups more and are likely to report having FWB

Answer 28

men

Question 29

_______ priortize attractiveness in STM

Answer 29

women

Question 30

_________ unhappy with current partners emotionally and sexually are more likely to have affairs

Answer 30

women

Question 31

________: women seek superior genes from short-term partner

Answer 31

Good Genes hypothesis