Chapter 6: Short Term Mating Strategies

Question 1

which gender has a greater desire for casual sex?

Answer 1

men

Question 2

potential costs for men of short term mating

Answer 2

1) STD
2) decrease in social reputation
3) children don’t survive (due to lack of parental investment)
4) suffering violence from the female’s family
5) retaliatory affairs from their spouse because the male cheated on themq

Question 3

are higher mate value men more likely to engage in shrt term mating strategies? what about women?

Answer 3

men are more likely to engage in short term mating strategies, and higher mate value women are more likely to engage in long term mating strategies.

Question 4

benefits of short term mating for males?

Answer 4

1) more kids in less time
2) minimal drag on resources
3) better quality genes and genetic variation

Question 5

good genes theory

Answer 5

theory that short term mating can secure better genes than a long term mate. a superior male may often be willing to have a brief encounter with a less-desirable female if she does not expect resources.

Question 6

T/F: symmetrical men are more likely to have affairs

Answer 6

true

Question 7

Difference in traits that females look for in men they are short term vs long term mating with

Answer 7

short term: physically attractive, symmetrical, daring, confident, strong

long term: kinder, more resources, willingness to invest in children.

Question 8

Testicle size is indicative of increased __ ___

Answer 8

sperm compteition.

Question 9

sperm competition exerts a selective pressure on males to produce larger ____ containing _____

Answer 9

larger ejaculated containing lots of sperm. (in order to displace any other males sperm in the female’s reproductive tract)

Question 10

the fact than human men have larger testicles relative to their body size compared to other primates suggests:

Answer 10

that femalres in our evolutionary history may have more than one mate at a given time

Question 11

humans show higher levels of sperm competition than the ____ but far lower levels of sperm competition than the more promiscuous _____

Answer 11

humans show higher levels of sperm competition than the GORILLAS (very monogamous) but far lower levels of sperm competition than the more promiscuous CHIMPs

Question 12

physiological evidence that humans did engage in short term mating throughout our evolutionary history

Answer 12

1) increased testicle size and thus ejaculations

2) variations in sperm insemination depending on how long they have been separated from their mate.

Question 13

T/F: an increase in sperm insemination upon being reunited did not depend on the time since the man’s last ejaculation

Answer 13

true. even if the man masturbated, the number of sperm ejaculated when with his wife will increase DEPENDING on the DURATION they spent APART

Question 14

which gender has a higher desire for more sex partners? Which gender has more sexual feelings of desire in a given week?

Answer 14

males

Question 15

which gender would most likely sleep with another person after knowing them for small amount of time? After which duration of knowing someone would both genders agree to sleep that person at equal amounts?

Answer 15

Males are more likley to report consenting to sleeping with a partner if they’ve known them for only an hour.

the only time both men and women equally report the same desire to sleep with someone they’ve known is after the women has known the person for over 5 years

Question 16

when short term mating, the standards of mate typically ____.

Answer 16

drop. men also typically report a larger acceptable age range for short term mating. (they’ll short term mate with older women, but not if they want a long term relationship)

Question 17

T/F: even in short term mating partners, men try and find women who exhibit premarital chastity, like when they are looking for long term mates

Answer 17

false. men avoid prudish behavior, virginity, inexperience or low sex drive when attempting to find a short term mate.

Question 18

men looking for ___-term relationships look more towards facial information, and men considering _____-relationships prioritized body information.

Answer 18

men looking for LONG-term relationships look more towards facial information, and men considering SHORt-relationships prioritized body information.

Question 19

the attraction reduction effect explains the psychological mechanism that shows that short term mating was an actual strategy:

Answer 19

the effect that causes men to be less attracted to females after they engaged in short term mating. This promotes them to leave so they can continue short term mating, and prevents them from spending extra resources on a short term affair.

Question 20

The closing time phenomenon

Answer 20

idea that as closing time approaches, men viewed women as increasingly attractive, regardless of how much alcohol they had consumed. Women also viewed men as more attractive, but not to the extent of the effect on men. Addresses the psychological solution to the problem of sexual accessibility.

Question 21

differences in sexual fantasies between men and women

Answer 21

men typically fantasized amount multiple partners, group sex, anonymous partners, and casual sex in which there are no repercussions or committment

females typically fantasized amount men who they were already involved with, and commitment, romance and “taking it slow” was a larger part of the fantasy

Question 22

cues of sexual exploitability. how attractive did men typically rate sexually attractive women for short term mating vs long term mating?

Answer 22

cues: promiscuous dress, flirting, drunk, rowdy, open body posture.

men ranked this attractive for short term mating but acutally found it unattractive for long term mating

Question 23

men typically regret acts of sexual ____ and women typically regret acts of sexual ____

Answer 23

men typically regret acts of sexual OMMISSION and women typically regret acts of sexual COMISSION

Question 24

gender that is most likely to have extramarrital affairs

Answer 24

50% of males cheat only 26% of females cheat

Question 25

Which gender is most likely to elicit prostitution services?

Answer 25

69% of american men have solicited a prostitute.

Question 26

T/F: prostitutes are more common in north america

Answer 26

false. prositution is available in almost every society

Question 27

difference on the perspectives of men and women on FWBs

Answer 27

men: want to have FWBs for less drama, with the ideal outcome of having more hook ups
women: typically believe FWBs may lead to a more-serious relationship. Typically have less FWBs then males. Typically feel more used when an FWB doesn’t result in a long term relationship

Question 28

how can an orgasm of a woman facilitate conception

Answer 28

an orgasm leads to more sperm being retained in the canal, increasing the probability of conception

Question 29

T/F: women are more likely to orgasim when cheating on their husbands

Answer 29

true. there is an increasing likelihood that females will orgsm with their affair partner

Question 30

5 hypotheses as to why women would engage in short term mating

Answer 30

1) resource hypothesis
2) genetic benefit
3) mate swtiching
4) short term for long term goal hypothesis
5) mate manipulation

Question 31

resource hypothesis in terms of short term mating benefits for women

Answer 31

short term mating in exchange for meat, goods, and services. may be able to secure the resources of MULTIPLE men because they will each invest in her due to the fact it MIGHT be their child. May also be able to get social capital by being invovled with a high-class man

Question 32

Genetic benefit hypothesis in terms of short term mating benefits for women

Answer 32

a man she is cheating with may have enhanced fertility.
a man she is cheating on will contribute to the genetic diversity of her children.
he may also have superior genes and give rise to healthier offspring. ( more attractive, more symetrical)

this is heavily seen when the women is ovulating

Question 33

sexy son hypothesis

Answer 33

belief that women may cheat on their husband with an attractive man in attempt to be able to bear a son who is especially attractive to women in the next generation, and thus will increase her offsprings chance of reproductive success

Question 34

mate expulsion hypothesis

Answer 34

having a short term affair would help the woman to get rid of her long term mate

Question 35

trading up hypothesis

Answer 35

having a an affair might result in a woman finding someone better than her husband.

Question 36

short term and long term goal hypothesis

Answer 36

women may engage in short term flings in order to establish what they are looking for in a long term mate.

Question 37

mate manipulation hypothesis

Answer 37

women may cheat in order to draw attention to her long term mate that other people are trying to steal his wife.

Question 38

sibling competition

Answer 38

a lack of closeness between siblings that typically occurs when siblings were fathered by different men

Question 39

T/F: according to the short term and long term goal hypothesis, women will not choose to short term mate with someone who is already in a relationship or is too promiscuous, despite engaging in short term mating strategies herself

Answer 39

true. even when engaging in short term mating, a female will not choose men who are tooooo promiscuous, or who already have a girl friend, because that ruins the chance that that short term fling may ever be along term mate.

Question 40

affect of father absence on daughters

Answer 40

daughters with no father tend to reach sexual maturity sooner, have sex sooner, and have more sexual partners compared to others that are her age.

Question 41

the fact that women with a low WHR engage on more short term mating compared to women with higher WHF suggests that:

Answer 41

perhaps bodily attraction rather than facial or overall attractiveness may be linked with a short-term mating strategy in women.

Question 42

dark triad traits

Answer 42

1) narcissism
2) psychopathy
3) machevellianism