PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Amay, Maner Sharif, Eye Tracking
12 Jan 2016
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Mating is the evolutionary goal boost our likelihood of reproductive. Rolling stone"s cant always get what you want get the closest approximation to their preferences. Effects of ses on partner selection (townsend and levy, 1990) Men and women were exposed to people of the opposite sex members of varying levels of attractiveness accompanied by various descriptions of ses. Presented people with options: attractiveness, socioeconomic status. I will: go to a cup of coffee with, go on a date with, have sex with, marry increasing levels of intimacy. For men ses did not predict for any of the variables except for marriage: they were more interested in the middle or high ses, for all other conditions men were interested in attractiveness. Women were primarily interested in ses: a less attractive man who is a doctor would do better than a good looking waiter.
