Human Sexuality

Question 1

What can evolution theory tell us about behaviour

Answer 1

Help generate and evaluate hypotheses 
Recognise different types of behaviour that are 
currently adaptive 
Previously adaptive 
By products of adaptive behaviours

Question 2

natural selection

Answer 2

principle of variation, inheritance, adaption, evolution

Question 3

principle of variation

Answer 3

individuals in a population have variation in their physical and behavioural traits

Question 4

principle of inheritance

Answer 4

some of the variations are heritable

Question 5

principle of adaption

Answer 5

these variations can help individuals reproduce more than others

Question 6

evolution

Answer 6

offering will inherit the same advantages

Question 7

not all behaviours are

Answer 7

adaptive

Question 8

exaptations

Answer 8

some features that may have been adaptive for one function may have changed over time to serve different function

Question 9

proximate

Answer 9

here and now

how do the environment and genetic makeup interact to produce behaviours

Question 10

ultimate

Answer 10

why

how do certain functions help individuals increase their genetic representations in future generations

Question 11

parental investment

Answer 11

any investment in an offspring that increases chances of surviving at the cost of parents ability to invest in other offspring

Question 12

female mate choice

Answer 12

provide resources and protection , socially dominant, torso- high shoulder to hip ratio , good health, ability and willingness to engage in parenting

Question 13

male mate choice

Answer 13

young, attractive

Question 14

buss

Answer 14

10000 participants women valued qualities associated with resources men valued physical attractiveness , youth , fertility

Question 15

shackelford and larsen

Answer 15

found people with symmetrical faces are rated more attractive - signal of genetic fitness

Question 16

Cunningham

Answer 16

several features associated positively with attractiveness= large eyes, small nose, small chin= baby face

Question 17

penton

Answer 17

females preferred masculine looking faces at ovulation but less masculine faces when non fertile