PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mate Choice
14 Apr 2016
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Evolutionary explanations of human mate choice and sexuality. Female and male parents diferences were all about gametes. Reproduction leads to diferent consequences for them in terms of their genes (eggs vs sperm) choosiness vs opportunism. Maybe why female sd lower men want quantity over quality women want opposite. Caveat: women want ltm for success ofspring and men need this for quality ofspring, but could be better to go for quantity for men want more stm maybe why women more socio-restricted. *birth control: to evolutionists doesn"t afect preferences been around for too short a time. Women need to make a trade-of to solve all of these things become less focused on physical and more on emotion solve optimally then has been passed on through our genes. Jewellery to show of amount of resources they have an investment in the future. Catch: lots of men have resources that they may have no intention on sharing with you.
