PSYCH101 Lecture 11: Lecture Eleven The Dating Game

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Patterns in dating ads: men showed themselves as stable providers, and asked for beauty and youth in their applicants. Woman advertised themselves as such, and asked for what the men offered: sex for success exchange. Inclusive fitness: we have a biological need to pass on our genes. Sexual selection : only those that are most fit have a competitive advantage in passing on their genes to future generations. In order to do this, we need to: procreate, ensure that the offspring survive to sexual maturity, what is their optimal strategy for this, women: Ovum (egg) genetic packet for the woman. 480 ova (12 chances per year, for 40 years: every time she is successful, we subtract 9. She wants to ensure that the other 50% of the fertilization is worthy. Sperm genetic packet for the man. Infinite numbers available: every time he is successful, there is no deduction.