Biological Relationship Formation
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- Created on: 29-12-18 10:56
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- Biological Relationship Formation
- Evolutionary Theory
- indiv w/ certain traits
- enhance reproduction + naturally selected
- Different selective pressures
- Males
- look for fertility + physically attractive
- Females
- look for fertility + provide resources
- for offspring survival
- look for fertility + provide resources
- Males
- Different selective pressures
- enhance reproduction + naturally selected
- Trivers
- Parental investment theory
- female mammals invest more in offspring
- more choosier when picking partner
- Females = have limited number of eggs
- more choosier when picking partner
- female mammals invest more in offspring
- Parental investment theory
- indiv w/ certain traits
- Neurotransmitters
- Dopamine
- associated w/ pleasure seeking behav
- goal to find partner
- hit of dopamine
- therefore humans driven to form rela
- gives natural high
- therefore humans driven to form rela
- hit of dopamine
- goal to find partner
- associated w/ pleasure seeking behav
- Oxytocin
- linked w/ increasing trust + loyalty
- high levels in romantic attachment
- lack of physical contact w/ partner
- reduces levels of oxytocin
- longing to bond again
- therefore natural chemical drive to bond w/ others
- longing to bond again
- reduces levels of oxytocin
- lack of physical contact w/ partner
- high levels in romantic attachment
- linked w/ increasing trust + loyalty
- Dopamine
- Sibling relationship
- kin selection
- traits = enhance survival of similar genes
- natural incentive to look after siblings
- traits = enhance survival of similar genes
- kin selection
- Evolutionary Theory
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