PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Handicap Principle, Mate Choice, David Buss
14 Apr 2014
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Background: evolutionary explanations of human mate choice and sexuality, preferences survive if they optimize reproductive success. Selfish genes = reproductive success= as many copies of your genes as possible, have high quality babies, so you are someone"s ancestor. Parental investment theory (trivers, 1972: gender differences, across genders, 1 parent invests more into an offspring than the other which is usually the female, cause: because of the egg. Women"s long term mate preferences: puzzles, resources (money)- ability to invest, nurture, feeding, providing, character-willingness to invest, physical protection- strength, bravery, size, athleticism, health- attractive, masculine, not sick, but- depends on availability and on you. Minimum acceptable earning capacity (kenrick, 1990: men don"t really care- all below 50, women- 70% percentile for marriage- more than ave (dating
