Sexual selection And Human Reproductive Behaviour

Question 0

Clarke

Answer 0

Found that 75% of men are willing to have sex with random attractive woman and 0% of women were willing

Question 1

Buss

Answer 1

Across 37 cultures found that men seek young and attractive women and women seek financial support

-age specific. (23)

Question 2

Dunbar: Lonely Hearts Study

Answer 2

Asked 200 Uni students to rate the appeal of adds containing different categories of words. Found that men and women seek very different traits in partners. Suggests sex differences due to sexual selection

• content analysis: subjective interpretation may have low reliability
• culturally specific: difficult to generalize