PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homicide, Cuckold
9 Apr 2014
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Outcome variance causes different solutions to arise from the same problems. In a low variance condition, everyone has the same affect from the same problem. In a high variance condition, affects are highly variable. Evolved psychological mechanisms can be described as information processing devices. People are really good at matching babies with their parents. Newborn infants usually look more like the father than the mother. When people are shown a newborn infant, more compliments are generally given about how the baby looks like the father although there is no real difference. Men seem to value physical traits the most. For women, quality of the person, potential resources that the partner might have access to, etc. are important in looking for mates. Men were more likely to report that they were attracted to their so-called friend. Men and women have different pathways for metabolic demands of reproduction as men just have to produce sperm while women have to go through pregnancy.
