Relationships

Question 1

Fisher

Answer 1

sexy sons hypothesis
- women mates with genetically fit man who passes genes to son who is then more likely to mate continuing on her blood line

Question 2

evaluation of sexual selection- Buss

Answer 2

females put greater emphasis on a partner who can provide resources where as men look for physical attractiveness and chastity

Question 3

evaluation of sexual selection- Waynforth and Dunbar

Answer 3

Lonely hearts advert in the newspaper women offered looks and men offered what they could provide whilst both sought after the opposite

Question 4

evaluation of sexual selection-clark and hatfield

Answer 4

university students on campus asked to go to bed with experimenter no female agreed but 75% males did

Question 5

evaluation of sexual selection- Bereczecki

Answer 5

social changes are changing and no longer as focussed on resources as modern day has changed and women can provide for themselves

Question 6

evaluation of filter theory- levinger

Answer 6

studies have failed to be replicated in modern day suggest lack of temporal validity

Question 7

evaluation of filter theory - anderson

Answer 7

found similarities in attributes happen over time as partners match up so is not a factor but a product of the relationship

Question 8

Social penetration theory

Answer 8

altman and taylor suggest SPT allows deeper penetration into partners lives

Question 9

Self disclosure evaluation- Sprecher and Hendrick

Answer 9

Found a correlation in heterosexual couples that self disclosure of a high level leads to higher satisfaction levels

Question 10

Self disclosure evaluation- hass and staford

Answer 10

57% gay m/f reported more satisfaction in relationship with good self disclosure

Question 11

Self disclosure evaluation- Tang et al

Answer 11

USA cultures disclosed more sexual information than those in China

Question 12

female body type - singh

Answer 12

studied waist to hip ratios in women and found men preferred women with obvious signs of fertility but not pregnant

Question 13

physical attractiveness : shackleford and larsen

Answer 13

preference to neotenous faces

Question 14

physical attractiveness Mcnulty

Answer 14

attractiveness that bought partners together initially still important years into marriage

Question 15

Evaluation of physical attractiveness palmer and peterson

Answer 15

genetically fit people seen as more politically knowledgeable- dangerous for democracy

Question 16

Evaluation of physical attractiveness walster and walster

Answer 16

those matched randomly- attractiveness equal were more likely to get on

Question 17

Evaluation of physical attractiveness Cunningham

Answer 17

white/asian/hispanic men all liked neotenous faces- consistency

Question 18

Evaluation of physical attractiveness Taylor

Answer 18

little evidence in modern world- online dating- people sought after meeting those more attractive than them

Question 19

Social exchange theory evaluation- sprecher

Answer 19

rewards importnat for satisfaction