PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Reciprocal Altruism, Polygynandry

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All humans can map onto these traits to some degree. From evolu6onary psychology , some traits persist across cultures. Likely due to they may even help one survive. There is no good or bad personality type. Conscien6ous is not good always isn"t bad always. Now that we have birth control this dynamic is changing of being choosy. Polygyny: one male has manny females they are ma6ng with. Humans culturally are monogamous but realis6cally polygynous. Now humans are a lihle more monogamous as both parents care at similar levels compared to earlier. So now males and females are star6ng to have more similar body structures. More polygynous: more sex di erences between males and females. When one female mates with many males. The females are compe6ng with each other for access to males. Males are also compe6ng among each other. Females have more testosterone in this case. When one individual helps another at a cost.

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