Quiz 7 Flashcards
____ selection pressures for gendered behaviors, competition for mate, preferences/choices for quality mate
nature
_____ experience influences sense of gender, gender schema(mental framework)
nurture
Female dependent selection comes in 2 forms: ___ (i,e arranged marriages) and ______
dowry, female selection
Female preference is based on the fact that the selection criteria for mating are more in line with the ___ selection criteria than the ___. Women always have more options
females, males
Males are far more likely to prioritize ____ while females ____ bc they care more about emotional, affectionate bonds, lots of disclosure
dyadic, hierarchies
hierarchies, dyadic
Males might be more concerned about ___ infidelity and females more ____ infidelity
sexual, emotional
Usually, in heterosexual courtship, males are the ones who ask someone out meaning they are ____, and also are more likely to be shocked by divorce meaning they are the ____
first in, last out
The primary evolutionary asset women have desired from men(money/stability) ___ with age
increases
The primary evolutionary asset men have desired from women(attraction and fertility) ____ with age
decreases
T or F: Females as evolutionary theory tends to predict, may be more open to short term mating relative to males
F: Males more open to short term mating
____ sexual debut tends to be earlier than lesbians, gay and heterosexuals
Bisexual
The average number of sexual partners for ___ is greater than ___ and ___ women, when they have no female there to influence like the rate of having sexual partners
gay men, bi, lesbian
Evolution prefers a false ___ for males so as not to miss a reproductive opportunity
Evolution prefers a false ___ for females so as not to waste one of her limited reproductive opportunities on a low-quality mate
positive,negative
Women have to think of ways to kindly reject a man to avoid any aggressive behavior from them. ___ is the only reason anyone would ever have to consider such questions
Toxic Masculinity
In the study of Human Mating Strategies, the ___ part of the interaction is the difference between males and females and the desire for a partner. The ___ part is the difference between the countries themselves
nature, nurture
___ care more about intelligence in a partner at every step in the relationship than __ until they get to dating someone long-term
females, males
____ values IQ in a partner more than ___
lesbians, straight women
About 60.16% of married ___ couples have a bachelor’s degree or higher compared to just 55% of married ____ couples, indicating ____ homogamy among same-sex dyad
same-sex, opposite-sex, greater
T or F: Men are more likely to respond to women who they feel are NOT going to have higher educational attainment than they are
T
Across the United States and most European countries, the prevalence of ___ hypogamy (women ‘partnering down’) now exceeds that of ___ hypergamy (men ‘partnering down’)
educational
T or F: Males are more open to hypergamy in the context of education
F: attractivenss
Faced with fewer opportunities to homogamously match, well- educated women increasingly opt for ___ educated partners.
less
In China, high-educated men prefer ____ over ____ profiles as much as high-educated women prefer ____ over ___ profiles
low-educated, high educated, high educated, low educated
T or F: Males are somewhat more open to being the same heights as females
T
Whenever a female has a bf, the bf is ____ no matter if she is straight or bisexual
If the bisexual woman has a girlfriend, the height difference is ___
taller, lower
For ____ female girlfriends, there is a ___ height difference than for ___ but not as much as a difference compared to when they have a bf
bisexual, bigger, lesbians
Female take pictures ____ men take pictures ____
above them, below them
___ and ____ are the two preferences that are otherwise unchangeable
Age, height
____ couples are more likely to have an age gap of 10+ years compared to ____ & ____ couples
gay male, lesbian, heterosexual
___ have a lower age gap than gay men but are more accepting of a large age gap compared to heterosexual couples
Lesbians
Sex differences in ___ of spouses are among the most replicable psychological findings in the history of psychology
age
T or F: Males are the only ones who care about attractiveness in a partner
F, Females also want an attractive partner
___ place significantly less value on physical attractiveness in a partner than straight men and straight women do
Lesbians
Around the world, ___ care less about how wealthy their partner may be than ____ do
males, females
In a context where the wife’s income is ___ than the husband’s, they are more likely to divorce, the husband is more likely to use viagra and commit infidelity to reassure his manhood
greater
