Psychology 3229A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Follicular Phase, Sexual Fantasy, Kinsey Reports

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3229A/B
• Professor: Scott Mac Dougall- Shackleton

Document Summary

Large parental investment by both sexes predicts active mate choice by both sexes. Differential investment by males and females predicts. Sample of 849 human cultures re: sanctioned marriages. Multiple contractual alliances with men in different clans. Provides good evidence that we"ve evolved through a long history of polygyny. Self-report and dna-based studies indicate extramarital offspring of 10% or higher. Mate preferences may act as proximate mechanisms to facilitate ultimate mating strategies. Parental investment theory and mating system theory both predict: That both men and women should exhibit mate preferences, But these may differ to reflect differential investment and reproductive capacity. Asked how important certain features are when determining what you wanted in a partner. Respondents rated importance of characters in long-term mate. Love is number 1 around the world. Traits with low cross-cultural variability but relatively high differences are most likely to be product of natural selection.