BIOLOGY 1M03 Chapter 17: Chapter 17 - Human Mate Choice and Parenting.docx
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If evolution has shaped the psychology of human mating strategies, then we would expect to find common patterns across societies. 3: a false negative occurs if you think the other person doesn"t like you, when they really do, both kinds of errors are costly. A false positive could lead you to make an overture that would be rejected. A false negative could prevent you from making any overture at all: pregnant women are expected to be cautious about their partner"s intentions and as a result, will make more false negative errors than false positive errors. They are likely to overestimate women"s sexual interest more often than underestimate it. Chastity is considered essential in china, but not in sweden: data suggests that human mate preferences are strongly influenced by the cultural and economic environment in which they live. Kipsigis bridewealth: evolutionary theory explains marriage patterns among the kipsigis, a group of east african pastoralists.