Preference is an Evolved Adaption Flashcards
Where do Psychologists think the Psychological processes that people use to choose a partner came from?
Evolution
Why did this process come about?
when humans lived as hunter-gathers, having them made people well adapted to the environment
What is a key part of this explanation?
attractive traits are reliable indicators that a partner is a good person to have children with and passing on our genes
What did Singh find?
waist to hip ratio was related to attractiveness in women
Why did Singh believe this?
Singh believed that a women’s hip to waist ratio was a good indicator of her ability to reproduce
Singh study dates
1993 + 2002
Singh 1993 - participants age
18-22
Singh 1993 - participants gender
Male
Singh 1993 - what did Singh have the participants do
rank drawings of female figures with a waist to hip ratios of 0.7-1.0
Singh 1993 - What were they ranked according to?
their attractiveness and ability to have children
Singh 1993 - What size was ranked the most attractive?
0.7%
Singh 2002 - what did he argue?
waist to hip ratio is an reliable indicator of health and ability to reproduce
Singh 2002 - What did he cite?
he cited evidence that females have higher WHR before puberty and after menopause
Singh 2002 - What does high WHR in women show?
Its shown to correlate with health issues like diabetes
