Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gynoid Fat Distribution, Handicap Principle, Anovulation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Multiple motives hypothesis: men and women both have trade-offs when choosing a mate. Men: men have high reproductive potential, yet investment is also very important; trade-off between settling down and playing the field, solution mixed reproductive strategy invest heavily in one mate, but still attempt to access others. 3: women find masculine features more attractive, women more likely to fantasize about extra-pair copulations, women tend to expose more skin and dance more flamboyantly, women most likely to have extra-marital affair. Cooperation: both individuals gain some advantage, cooperative hunting, protection, generally seen as an adaptive behaviour. Direct fitness: survive long enough to produce offspring, produce offspring who will also survive and produce offspring of their own. Indirect fitness: and/or help relatives who will pass on some of your genes. Aggression: competition for mates and food leads to aggression, developed as a way of protecting access to important resources (which increases fitness, can hinder fitness.