Relationships Flashcards
Sexual Selection
[+] Clark and Hatfield
⚬ Students approached members of the opposite sex on a university campus and asked “Will you go to bed with me tonight?”
⚬ 75% of men said yes, 0% of women said yes
⚬ Women are choosier and have developed a different mating strategy to ensure reproductive success
[-] SS theory is too simple
⚬ Men engage in long term mating and heavily invest while women engage in short term mating to gain resources and genes
⚬ Human mating behaviour is too complex and flexible to be restricted to a single mating strategy
[-] Homosexuality
⚬ Homosexual partners aren’t looking for genetic fitness, so sexual selection theory doesn’t work
⚬ Lawson et al. : Investigated personal ads of homosexuals and heterosexuals, finding an equal amount of difference
⚬ All people look for the same thing, regardless of orientation
Self-Disclosure
[+] Research Support
⚬ Sprecher & Hendrick : As self disclosure increases in heterosexual relationships, so does relationship satisfaction
⚬ Laurenceau et al. :
