Sexual Selection and human reproductive behaviour A03

Question 1

Buss (Survey)

Answer 1

Buss surveyed over 10,000 adults in 33 countries, women value resource-related characteristics more and men valued appearance and chastity

Question 2

Clark and Hatfield (Question)

Answer 2

Went around a college and asked girls to go home with them to sleep together, zero said yes, when men were asked 75% of them said yes (supports men value quantity over quality)

Question 3

Temporal Validity

Answer 3

This theory lacks temporal validity as it relies on men going to work and women staying at home, nowadays it’s more common that this isn’t the case and women may value other qualities than resource gathering

Question 4

Singh

Answer 4

Found men prefer women with a waist to hip ratio of about 0.7:1, suggesting fertility and supporting this theory