Issues Relating to Human Mating Strategies

Question 1

Importance of Female Choice

Answer 1

It is highly important of the female in determining who she mates with

good choices - influence health positively, ability to create strong offspring and successfully reproduce
bad choices - influence health negatively, poor immune systems limit the ability to

Question 2

Example of Choosing a Mate

Answer 2

Female rats detected defected DNA after they had been introduced with pesticide generations before
- rats developed cancers and health problems at young ages after the transmission of defective DNA, and before symptoms showed up, generations later, the females didn’t select them for mates

Question 3

Theories of Human Mating Strategies

Answer 3

1. Freud - look for a partner that is like their different-sex parent
2. Look for someone that complements them
3. Look for someone similar to them

• limited in allowing for sexual dimorphisms