Gender Evolution - Gender Flashcards

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What is mate selection?

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Most species have one system for mate selection that seems to be genetically programmed

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How can mate selection be more successful?

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The way that male and females look different and behave differently gives them an advantage to pass on their genes
- e.g. men have testosterone which makes them more muscly so females think they are more able to protect them and support offspring

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What does the parental investment theory suggest about male behaviour?

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Men should be sexually promiscuous which gives them the greatest chance to pass on their genes

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What does the parental investment theory suggest about female behaviour?

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Women’s gender behaviour should be to look for a man who is able to protect them (have a limited number of babies so it is in their interest to spend time and effort ensuring they survive

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What is the PAS issue of evolution?

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It is very difficult to prove that people actions are due to evolution - can hypothesis but can’t prove

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What did Wedekind do?

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44 males given a clean shirt to wear + told to wear it for 2 nights
- Put each shirt in a doc with a sniffing hole. Female participants asked to smell 7 boxes each (3 boxes from men with immune systems similar to their own + 3 with different, 7th box = control)

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What did Wedekind find?

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Women preferred the t-shirts worn by men with dissimilar immune systems BUT if taking oral contraceptions = similar

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How does Wedekind’s study support evolution?

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Shows that women are more likely to choose mates who will ensure the protection of their offspring. Who will not catch the same illnesses

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How does PAS link to Wedekind’s study?

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Blind study = had no idea who they were meant to pair with. Shows evolution can be proved in some cases.

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What did Davis do?

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Studied personal advertisements from Canadian newspapers

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What did Davis find?

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Gender differences for desired companion attributes were consistent with traditional sex role stereotypes:
Women - emphasised employment, financial + intellectual statues
Men - Physical characteristics

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How does Davis study support evolution?

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Shows men’s ability to be sexually promiscuous and women wanting support to bring up offspring

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How does N/N link to Davies study?

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People could be following a social learning theory idea, e.g. they read these characteristics are important

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