EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS OF GENDER File
... particular roles necessary for survival. • Criticised by feminists • Agreement with biological perspective (nature rather than nurture) • Reproductive success is all important. ...
... particular roles necessary for survival. • Criticised by feminists • Agreement with biological perspective (nature rather than nurture) • Reproductive success is all important. ...
Men and Women
... One can, in effect, treat the sexes as if they were different species, the opposite sex being a resource relevant to producing maximum surviving offspring. - Robert Trivers (1972) ...
... One can, in effect, treat the sexes as if they were different species, the opposite sex being a resource relevant to producing maximum surviving offspring. - Robert Trivers (1972) ...
Sexual Selection and Human Reproductive behaviour
... Sexual Selection is an evolutionary process and there are two types; intersexual-selection (competition within members of the same sex) and intrasexual selection (selection between the sexes where the partner preferences for one sex determines the areas in which the other sex must compete). Sexual s ...
... Sexual Selection is an evolutionary process and there are two types; intersexual-selection (competition within members of the same sex) and intrasexual selection (selection between the sexes where the partner preferences for one sex determines the areas in which the other sex must compete). Sexual s ...
Evolutionary Psychology
... physically attractive woman • 22% of women sought a physically attractive man ...
... physically attractive woman • 22% of women sought a physically attractive man ...
evolutionary theory of gender roles
... Women invest far more in parenthood as they only produce one egg a month and each offspring involves nine months of pregnancy, then childbirth and months of nurturing, possibly breast feeding. A woman can only produce a few children in a life time. Reproductive success for the woman is making sure t ...
... Women invest far more in parenthood as they only produce one egg a month and each offspring involves nine months of pregnancy, then childbirth and months of nurturing, possibly breast feeding. A woman can only produce a few children in a life time. Reproductive success for the woman is making sure t ...
What is Psychology? - University of Toronto
... • Evolution and teleology (vitalism) • “Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation” (EEA) • Naturalistic fallacy ...
... • Evolution and teleology (vitalism) • “Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation” (EEA) • Naturalistic fallacy ...
Sexual Selection - The Grange School Blogs
... • Study involving 10,000 people from 37 widely diverse cultures. The following was found. • Women desired men with financial ambition.(linked to the ability to support a family) • Men were more concerned with physical attractiveness and mates who were younger than them. (Both potential cues of ferti ...
... • Study involving 10,000 people from 37 widely diverse cultures. The following was found. • Women desired men with financial ambition.(linked to the ability to support a family) • Men were more concerned with physical attractiveness and mates who were younger than them. (Both potential cues of ferti ...
Theories of Attraction
... Ideal Mate Theory • Attraction is based on a the image of a person’s ideal mate that they carry in their heads. • Everyone has an unconscious ideal man or women • Often based on life experience ...
... Ideal Mate Theory • Attraction is based on a the image of a person’s ideal mate that they carry in their heads. • Everyone has an unconscious ideal man or women • Often based on life experience ...
Gerontology - Michael Hoerger
... At birth, the average American male can expect to live to age 74.5; female ...
... At birth, the average American male can expect to live to age 74.5; female ...
PPT
... have only 1 partner. Is there any evolutionary advantage to infidelity by females? How do humans respond to female infidelity vs. male? What about jealousy? ...
... have only 1 partner. Is there any evolutionary advantage to infidelity by females? How do humans respond to female infidelity vs. male? What about jealousy? ...
Chapter 2
... 10 A theory that emphasizes the roles of reward and punishment in explaining how a child learns gender role behavior. 11 Describes the fact that women and men are employed in gendersegregated occupations. 12 The social norms that dictate what is socially regarded as appropriate female and male behav ...
... 10 A theory that emphasizes the roles of reward and punishment in explaining how a child learns gender role behavior. 11 Describes the fact that women and men are employed in gendersegregated occupations. 12 The social norms that dictate what is socially regarded as appropriate female and male behav ...
10sexselect1student - Fort Hays State University
... that are: but that: “ depends, not on a struggle for existence, but on a struggle between the [males] for possession for the [females]; the result is not death to the unsuccessful competitors, but few or no offspring.” ...
... that are: but that: “ depends, not on a struggle for existence, but on a struggle between the [males] for possession for the [females]; the result is not death to the unsuccessful competitors, but few or no offspring.” ...
Evolutionary Forces on personality
... Please think of a serious committed relationship you have had in the past, that you currently have, or that you would like to have. Imagine that the person with whom you’ve become seriously involved became interested in someone else. What would distress or upset you more? – (a) Imagining your partn ...
... Please think of a serious committed relationship you have had in the past, that you currently have, or that you would like to have. Imagine that the person with whom you’ve become seriously involved became interested in someone else. What would distress or upset you more? – (a) Imagining your partn ...
Evolution II
... Sexual selection • Differential reproduction owing to variation in the ability to obtain mates (as opposed to natural selection, which is related to the differential survival of individuals in nature, depending on non-sex related traits) – see Futuyma – Evolutionary Biology ...
... Sexual selection • Differential reproduction owing to variation in the ability to obtain mates (as opposed to natural selection, which is related to the differential survival of individuals in nature, depending on non-sex related traits) – see Futuyma – Evolutionary Biology ...
The Future-What does it look like?
... • Most people surveyed are satisfied with their physical relationship. • With advancing age, the gender gap is overshadowed by the partner gap-the haves-men, the have-nots women 60 plus. ...
... • Most people surveyed are satisfied with their physical relationship. • With advancing age, the gender gap is overshadowed by the partner gap-the haves-men, the have-nots women 60 plus. ...
Mating Systems
... age and underlying endocrine condition in the human male Mesomorphy may be an indicator of superior cardiac function and metabolic health • May be favored because they offered females greater protection and had physical advantages in hunting ...
... age and underlying endocrine condition in the human male Mesomorphy may be an indicator of superior cardiac function and metabolic health • May be favored because they offered females greater protection and had physical advantages in hunting ...
Sexual Selection
... - mate choice and why females are the choosier sex - an understanding of what each sex looks for in a mate - signaling theory and handicaps - mating strategies - why some species change their sex in their lifetime - why are males often the first to abandon their mates/young ...
... - mate choice and why females are the choosier sex - an understanding of what each sex looks for in a mate - signaling theory and handicaps - mating strategies - why some species change their sex in their lifetime - why are males often the first to abandon their mates/young ...
Recent research reveals
... different sexual strategies from the sex that invests less. It is clear that females, most of the time (through anisogamy) invest more. As a result, the following can be deduced: female RS is limited by either male quality (good genes) or male parental investment females will be highly selective bec ...
... different sexual strategies from the sex that invests less. It is clear that females, most of the time (through anisogamy) invest more. As a result, the following can be deduced: female RS is limited by either male quality (good genes) or male parental investment females will be highly selective bec ...
Sexual Motivation
... to porn 3-6 times a week reported more liberal attitudes towards sex – Liberal attitudes about casual sex and multiple partners – Danish studies show self-perception of happiness in sex-life correlated to amount of porn (more porn, happier sex life) ...
... to porn 3-6 times a week reported more liberal attitudes towards sex – Liberal attitudes about casual sex and multiple partners – Danish studies show self-perception of happiness in sex-life correlated to amount of porn (more porn, happier sex life) ...
lecture7a.html
... ”Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place.” ...
... ”Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place.” ...
Marriage (Definition and History)
... Functionalism • Functionalists describe marriage as a social institution that developed as an important part of the organization of society to meet human’s basic needs. • The diversity of marriage reflects the various ways that societies organize to meet the functional requisites of sexual reproduc ...
... Functionalism • Functionalists describe marriage as a social institution that developed as an important part of the organization of society to meet human’s basic needs. • The diversity of marriage reflects the various ways that societies organize to meet the functional requisites of sexual reproduc ...
SexSeln - life.illinois.edu
... Extra credit question Sexual selection theory predicts that ___________ pipefish should compete with each other for access to mates, and that ___________ will be the choosy sex. ...
... Extra credit question Sexual selection theory predicts that ___________ pipefish should compete with each other for access to mates, and that ___________ will be the choosy sex. ...
