Relationships - sexual selection (evolutionary psychology)

Question 1

3 predictions

Answer 1

men will be attracted to indicators of fertility, women are choosier than men, women are more attracted to qualities that suggest willingness and ability to invest in offspring

Question 2

Singh

Answer 2

analysis of measurements of Miss America pageant winners - WHR of 0.7 was a consistent feature of female attractiveness

Question 3

Karremans

Answer 3

3 conditions - 0.7 WHR preferred to 0.84 even by blind men

Question 4

Clarke and Hatfield

Answer 4

american college campus, attractive stranger approached puts of opposite sex - asked 3 questions - 50% of men and women agreed to date, 6% females and 69% males agreed to go back to their home, 0% females and 75% men agreed to have sex

Question 5

Buss and Schmidt

Answer 5

asked men and women how many lifetime partners would be ideal - women 4 or 5 - men 18

Question 6

Buss

Answer 6

cross cultural - asked about priorities when choosing a partner - men more likely to rate youth and attractiveness, women more likely to favour ambition, economics and maturity

Question 7

Dunbar and Waynforth

Answer 7

content analysis - men included indicators of material wealth 1.7 times more - women asked for wealth 4.5 times more