PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture 1: 3AC3 Jan 30th
21 Oct 2016
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His study found that at least one of these criteria was met in the majority of cultures and if one was it was likely that all were. Women who mate for love were more successful and there genes were passed down love makes sure that the women doesn"t cheat on men and men stick around. Buss (2006: acts of love ie commitment. Expressing desire of children ie showing commitment to mates reproductive success. Emotional support: channeling of time, resources, etc. Problem the women have the baby and invest a lot initially and so if the guy is cad not dad then there"s a problem. Women have evolved to detect men that like babies: brase (2006) Did an internet study 1300 participants avg were 25 and single both male and female. Exposed them to images of ppl interacting with babies and controlled for the models attractiveness. Sometimes happy, negative or neutral interaction b/w baby and model.
