The evolutionary explanations for partner preferance, including the relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour

Question 1

What is sexual selection?

Answer 1

-it explains partner reference
-based on maximizing reproductive success

Question 2

What is human reproductive behavior based on?

Answer 2

Anisogamy

Question 3

What is anisogamy?

Answer 3

-Male gametes, made in vast numbers where there continuously produced all throughout life
-Female gametes, produced every month for a limited amount of fertile years

Question 4

What is the order of human reproductive behavior?

Answer 4

1 demands
2 HRB
3 inter sexual selection

Question 5

What are the male demands?

Answer 5

Remain fertile there whole life so aren’t sure of maternity

Question 6

What is male reproductive behavior?

Answer 6

Men become more promiscuious and have short term with multiple females

Question 7

What is the males inter-sexual selection?

Answer 7

ensure child has greater survival chance they seek young attractive wide hip women

Question 8

What are the demands of the female?

Answer 8

fertile for 30 years so are sure about maternity.

Question 9

What are the female reproductive behavior?

Answer 9

Engage in long term mating and are more choosey

Question 10

What is the female inter sexual selection?

Answer 10

seek strong dominant tall men who provide resources

Question 11

What is intra sexual selection for males?

Answer 11

Compete for high quality females by having physical aggression with other men

Question 12

What is intra sexual selection for females?

Answer 12

compete for high quality male

Question 13

What are the 3 evaluations?

Answer 13

-RTS, BUSS
-RTS, CLARKE and HATFEILD
-lacks temporal validity

Question 14

Explain RTS conducted by BUSS.

Answer 14

-carried out a survey on 1000 participants from 33 countries
-asks about various attributes that the evolutionary theory predicts
-men prefer youthful physically attractive females
-women prefer financial stable ambitious men
-supports as it shows universal sex differences

Question 15

Explain RTS by Clarke and Hatfeild.

Answer 15

-males and females approached opposite sex and asked question
-‘will you have sex with me’
-75% of men said yes 0%
-supports partner preference as it shows how women are choosey and how men have developed different strategy

Question 16

Explain lacks temporal validity.

Answer 16

-cannot explain modern relationships
-doesn’t explain homo,no kids, abortions
-all relationships are motivated by the desire to reproduce
-limit