PSY230H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mecha, Extraversion And Introversion, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
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Women also have testosterone altho levels are much lower. Both men and women differ in their typical levels of testosterone. Retest correlations are . 5 over a period of 10y. Absolute levels decrease w/ age after a peak at age 20. N = 4000 men in us army. Married men w/ children had lower testosterone levels than married men w/oout children. Testosterone levels of men in a committed relationship were more similar to those of married men than to those of unmarried men. Testosterone level is a cause of stable marriage and divorce: testosterone inc attractiveness, attractiveness inc value of minimal investment strategy, mate theory. Getting married lowers testosterone levels: high testosterone levels inc the risk of infidelity, providing resources for wife and offspring inc fitness, both, neither. Conclusion: men w/ higher testosterone levels, more likely to report hitting or throwing things at their wives, to leave home bc of trouble w/ their wives, have extra-marital sex, to get a divorce.
