PSYC2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Evolutionary Psychology, Common Cold, Assortative Mating
17 Jun 2018
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Lecture 6 - Love and Attraction (cont.)
Evolutionary psychology perspective
●Males and females have differing costs of reproduction
○Parental investment theory
■Women invest more in reproduction and will thus be pickier
●Over various world regions, men report a higher number of
sexual partners than women
●Men are more willing than women to have intercourse after a
short acquaintance
●Study: attractive male and female confederates approached
individuals on campus and asked if they would either “go out with
me tonight”, “come to my place tonight” or “have sex with me
tonight”
○In all cases, men were more willing than women
○Men care more about youth and looks; women care more about personality and
resources
■Study: participants were shown photos of the opposite sex either
interacting with a baby, reading a book and ignoring a crying baby,
vacuuming or by themself, then asked to rate their attractiveness
●Men rated the woman as equally attractive across all conditions;
women found the man most attractive when he was interacting
with the child
■Study: participants in committed relationships looked a dating profiles of
individuals with various personalities and positions, after which they
rated their relationship satisfaction
●Males’ relationship satisfactions were not affected by the profiles
they saw, but women who looked at the profiles of individuals
with good careers or personalities were less satisfied with their
relationships
■Study: women were more likely to give their phone numbers to men who
drove nice cars than those who drove mid-range or cheaper cars
●Paternal confidence
Document Summary
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