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Lecture 19: Beauty , Jealousy, Love Flashcards

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Paradox of Beauty

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  • Mate and partner with someone based on the arrangement of their face
    -Like your best friend much more than you like your partner
    OK Cupid turned off their pictures for one day- more messages, more replies, happiness unaffected by attractiveness
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Beauty

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Important  for other interpersonal relationships
Attractive people perceived to be
- smarter
-kinder
-stronger
- more nurturing and sensitive
- sociable
Better Life outcomes
-Parents more affectionate with more attractive child- less likely for abuse
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Beauty= Myth

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Agreement of individuals
Agreement of children
Infant preferences
Cross cultural universals

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Beauty Hypothesis

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Beauty is an external cue of biological fitness of other people

  • symmetry
  • absence of abnormalities
  • Teeth- Straight teeth= less tooth decay
  • hair
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Symmetry

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Shows successful development
Some evidence- symmetry is greater intellect and health
Could predict income and sexual activity in men

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Average Galton

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Shows that the average phenotype of a population is attractive
What natural selection is trying to achieve

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Face

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  • Cues of fertility, normal hormones, right sex
  • Effects of testosterone on brow ridge, jaw line
  • Youth and nulliparity- eye, skin, lips
  • Supernormal Stimulus-Exaggerated magnitude of psychologically effective physical cues
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Puzzle of Male Beauty

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Female attraction is so varied= no consensus on male attractiveness
-more masculine= more testosterone
-Some feminine features make males attractive
Hypothesis: women find masculine men more attractive when ovulating

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Beauty Technology

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Attracted to exaggerated attractive features(beak)
Modern beauty has makeup for eyes, cheeks,
Clothing enhances larger shoulders, wider hips smaller waist
-Technology able to dramatically alter bodies and faces

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Puzzle of Jealousy

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How is jealousy evolutionary advantageous?
Hypothesis: To prevent against cuckoldry
Risk of rivals for male paternal investment

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Sexual Dimorphisms in Jealousy

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Sexual Jealousy: M=F
Triggers for Jealousy
Sexual Cheating- Males
Emotional Investment- Females

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Patriarchy

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Marriage= Transfer of woman from father to husband
-Brideprice
-Ownership badges- Rings
-Burkas, genital mutilation
Sexual Infidelity of Female- Violation of property
Double Standard of Adultery
Rape- Insult to father
Elopement- Theft from Father
Legality of Marital Rape very recent
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3 Feelings of Love

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  1. Lust
  2. Romantic passion( infatuation)
  3. Companionate Love (long term)
    Fisher- Each relies on different structures in the brain
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Lust (General)

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Testosterone sensitive circuits- midbrain-amygdala-hippocampus

  • Also involved in challenges in dominance
  • Males have more, but testosterone levels increase in lust
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Romantic Desire (General)

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-Dopamine sensitive mesolimbic circuits (Midbrain- hypothalamus- ventral striatum)
Involved in desire

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Companionate Love

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Vasopressin and Oxytocin
(Secreted by hypothalamus, and pituitary gland)
Involved in maternal bonding, love

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Romantic Love (Specific)

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  • Recent idea, social constructionism
  • Medieval love, Hollywood movies
  • Cross Cultural universality of romantic love
  • Cultural Differences on when lovers can act on feelings
  • Romeo and juliet conflict -lovers vs parents
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Smart Shopper

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Look through the mating market
-Balance time with mate value
-Positively assort for mate value
CRITIQUE- Violates idea of romantic love- capriciousness, involuntary

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Universal Symptoms of Being in Love

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  • intense energy
  • focused attention
  • insomnia, nervousness, anorexia
  • changed priorities
  • emotional dependence
  • empathy
  • sexual desire
  • sexual exclusivity
  • sexual jealousy
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Romance Love As Paradoxical Tactic

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  • Easy to commit to someone with no one else there
  • Romantic Love prevents us from leaving mate if better one comes along
  • Did not choose to fall in love with person for their value, less likely to leave for person with greater value
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Companionate love

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-Psychologically and neurologically different from lust and passion
Oxytocin-cuddle neurotransmitter
-Released during orgasm
Animals- if Oxytocin and Vasopressin released, they pair

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Voles

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Promiscuity/ Monogamous- Dependent on vasopressin secretion

Vasopressin correlates with monogamy

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Evolutionary Basis of Companionate Love

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Basis for Reciprocal Altruism
-In succesful marriages, both partners believe cost=benefit
-Marriage would be unhappy if turn taking reciprocation is only over short term
Mutualism- Benefitting both parties
Both partners have same offspring, same interests, friends, tastes, enemies
- Both have selfish stake in each others happiness
-Positive feedback loop of love and/or friendship

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