Relationships - EE; sexual selection

Question 1

Buss (men more concerned with physical attractiveness)

Answer 1

• 37 cultures
• priorities in choosing sexual partner, men more likely to rate youth and good looks which females favoured financial prospects, ambition and industriousness
• big sample; human nature

Question 2

Dunbar and Waynforth (men & physical attractiveness)

Answer 2

• adverts from North American newspapers
• young partner important for 42% of men compared to 25% of women
• physical attractiveness important to 44% of men and 22% of women
• real life advertisements, no demand characteristics
• includes people who may not volunteer, good range of participants
• limited to one culture

Question 3

Feingold (men & physical attractiveness)

Answer 3

• meta-analysis
• 5 different research methods
• all methods men were more influenced by physical attractiveness
• reliable and well triangulated
• self-report measures showed higher preference for attractiveness than social behaviour
• findings generally applied across generations and cultures

Question 4

Buss (females more concerned with resources)

Answer 4

• 37 cultures
• females favoured factors that linked to resource provision
• e.g financial prospects

Question 5

Dunbar and Waynforth (women & resources)

Answer 5

• women more likely to rate resources

Question 6

Feingold (women & resources)

Answer 6

• women more concerned with socioeconomic status

- findings invariant across generations, cultures and research methods

Question 7

Clark and Hatfield (women choosier in short-term sexual liaisons)

Answer 7

• male and female students
• approached by total strangers of the opposite sex
• asked if they wanted to either go out that night, go back to their house or just have sex
• 50% of both men and women agreed to go out that night
• no women agreed to have sex, 75% of men agreed
• even when repeated and participants assured about trustworthiness the results were the same
• real life settings
• not controlled
• replicated true behaviour

Question 8

Buss and Schmidt (short-term relationship)

Answer 8

• men more likely to have short-term relationship

Question 9

Guegen (short-term relationship)

Answer 9

• 83% of men agreed to have sex with attractive women

- 3% of women agreed to have sex with attractive man