Psychology 3228 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Context-Dependent Memory, Human Mating Strategies, Kinsey Reports

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3228
• Professor: Scott Mac Dougall- Shackleton

Document Summary

Hi, i"ve been noticing you around town lately and i find you very attractive. Want to have sex? women: 100% no (insulted, offended and confused), men: 75% yes (flattered and those who declined cited previous commitments) In addition to, or in place of longer term strategy, men may increase reproductive success by increasing number of sexual partners. Prediction: men should be more likely than women to exhibit preferences for short-term mating. Develop reputation as man who will not commit. Lower offspring survival due to reduced care. Short-term mating adaptive problems: partner number and variety. Finding large number of partners might require: motivation to mate with larger number of women, reduced standards for potential mates, reduced time constrains prior to mating, sexual accessibility. Courtship effort would need to be directed toward women that are sexually accessible. Short-term strategists should not pursue mates exhibiting signs of inaccessibility/sexually conservative: identification of fertile mates.