PSYC 3420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Eating Disorder, Concealed Ovulation, Basal Body Temperature
9 Dec 2013
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Some things where men might benefit from commitment and marriage include - consent from women, more women to choose from, father-likelihood, survival of children, allies. _______is a phase when a female chimpanzee releases her eggs and shows maximal sexual receptivity - estrus the concealment of ovulation in humans caused an adaptive problem for males - whose more likely to reproduce or even capable. ___________is the number of children of a given age and sex is likely to have in the future - reproductive value. ______differs from reproductive value because it is measured by number of viable offspring produced - fertility. Among humans women in ________are at peak fertility - mid 20s. A 15 year old has higher _________while a 25 year old is more. Two potentially observable cues to a womans reproductive value would be - youth and health. Womans reproductive value decline steadily as she moves past age ________ and is a complete zero at ________- 20; 50.
