evolutionary exp relationships

Question 1

McCutcheon et al

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celebrity attitude scale scored likert scale 1-5 three different levels of parasocial relationship

Question 2

entertainment social

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celeb entertains - attracted because they entertain

Question 3

intra sexual selection

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males competing against each other for the right mate

Question 4

inter-sexual selection

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females being choosy and select the right partner from a pool based on desirable characteristics

Question 5

men prefer

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youth,heath,body shape

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women prefer

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wealth, strength, protection, stability

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woman are more choosy because

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woman invest far more in childern than men

Question 8

why do woman invest more

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more cost for woman - egg physical costly than sperm - anisogamy+ birth +carry for 9 months

Question 9

symons

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small investment few minutes exertion and teaspoonful of sperm

Question 10

becoming older men do not want in a partner because

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risk of dying during pregnancy or birth , children increase risk in having abnormalities - increasing cost for men

Question 11

trivers

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parental investment theory, sexual selection and reproductive behaviour different between gender reflecting amounth of investment to their child

• put more work into something less likely to abandon it(woman) compared to a smaller investment (men)

Question 12

Cunningham

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pressures of sexual selection
youthful features in woman
facials features of maturity in men (square jawline)

Question 13

buss aim

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relationship between sexual selection and human reproduction behaviour and how this shapes partner perferences

Question 14

buss method

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questionnaire 33 countries 37 different cultures across 6 continents

10,000 p average 23 age and volunteer sample

asked p to rank 13 factors on importance in choosing partner - age, attractiveness, finance

Question 15

buss results

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women 36/37 cultures deemed good financial prospect to be important

34/37 cultures placed ambition as important in men however e.g. spanish cultures this was reversed

men all 37 cultures regarded attractiveness more important compared to woman

men preferred a younger partner woman older man

Question 16

buss conclusion

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partner preferences support evolutionary theory of relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour

Question 17

clark and Hatfield aim method conclusion

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investigated whether females are choosier than males when selecting.

method field experiment in a nightclub where males + females approach opposite sex

found 75% males said yes all females said no
therefore support men st mating

Question 18

davis aim method

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looked at personal advertisements and found women advertised their physical attractiveness and express desires for high status male

males advertised wealth and wanted a young attractive physically woman

Question 19

waynforth and dunbar
lonely hearts method

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900 personal advertisements 4 American newspapers

Question 20

waynforth results

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found 40% of males wanted young and advertised earning power

compared to women 25% over 50% females advertised attractiveness compared to 34% of men

Question 21

davis results

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males advertised wealth and wanted a young attractive physically woman

Question 22

wayforth results

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masculine facial features square jawline preferred by females

Question 23

strassberg and holty

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woman describing themselves as fincially independent successful and ambitious produced over 50% more responses than very attractive and slim

limitation

Question 24

do men prefer long or short term relationships and is it multiple or singular

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short term quantity wit several partners

Question 25

do women prefer long or short term relationships and is it multiple or singular

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long term quality with one committed partner

Question 26

survival of the fittest

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males compete against one another intra sexual selection choosing strongest male seen in other animals so has face validity

Question 27

buss strength with counter agruement

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similar across different cultures human reproductive behaviour is innate and determined by genes
biologiical reductionist nurture - phenotype

Question 28

limitation other factors

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certain behaviours make reproduction more likely genes associated with behaviour passed down generation cant be tested only if isolated from other influences - unethical

Question 29

evolutionary theory is… limitation

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deterministic cannot exercise free will

Question 30

based on…. limitation

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based on animal studies hard to generalise sexual selection in humans and relationship with human reproduction