FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Parental Investment, Economic Model
4 Apr 2016
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Theories of mate selecion: women are certain that their ofspring are theirs, while men are not sure, women have higher parental investment and are more selecive in choice of sex partner and mate, men may be less selecive. Advantage to have as many children as possible. Choose someone for sexual encounter rather than long term mate. Economic model of human behaviour: moivated by self-interest, maximize proit (rewards) and minimize loss (costs) o. Evaluate rewards and costs of a relaionship in terms of what he/she feels they deserve. If in inequitable relaionship, will become distressed: more inequitable = more distress. The more you contribute to a relaionship, the more you should gain from it. Under-beneiter: not geing as much as you should o. Over-beneiter: geing too much, will feel guilty. Restore equity - make changes in real life. Restore equity psychologically - believing that relaionship is equitable. Narrow number of available people to small group.
