PSYC 472 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Homophily, Facial Symmetry, Orgasm

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Women with higher mate value have higher standards. Hypothesis: women will prefer good genes most when conception is most likely (right before ovulation), e. g. masculine features. T shirt study: women prefer the smells of t-shirts of men with symmetrical faces during periods of higher fertility. Attraction in long term context does not change, but attraction in short term context does change throughout ovulatory cycle. Meta analysis used to quantitatively assess magnitude of cycle shifts across many studies. Stronger predictions for: symmetrical face and body, masculine face and body, behavioral dominance, cues of testosterone. Basically in long term preferences don"t move around but short term they do. History of human mate choice theories (not as important for exams) Freud: people want to have sex with someone who resembles their opposite sex parent. Propinquity theory: people are more likely to date people who they have met, less likely to date people they have never met ( dumb duh)

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