PSYC 3420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Emotional Affair, Smoke Detector, Mate Choice

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Genetic interest; sexual conflicts can erupt: strategic interference theory: Sexes can fulfill conflicting desires-aka- strategic interference. 1. occurs when person employs strategy to get goal and another blocks this strategy: conflict over strategies, deception in dating world. 2. negative emotions are psych solutions to solve adaptive problems posed by the strategic interference: painful- sadness, anger, distress; leading to marking events, leading to action. Conflict serves no adaptive purpose, not adaptive; undesirable by- product of differing ppls. Men cant be united vs. women; but they compete with own gender: conflict about the occurrence and timing of sex: 47% report disagreements abt sex; 53% of women one man overestimated intimacy; 45% men underestimated intimacy. Men preserve investment for long term ; yet women covet the investment of long term: conflict over sexual access: Inferences about sexual intent: women acting friendly study- Deception about commitment: men intentionally deceive for emotional commitment. Sexual withholding: sexual aggression and evolved defenses against sexual aggression, sexual harassment: