Discuss the relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour basic plan
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- discuss the relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviours (16)
- Darwin's theory of sexual selection
- humans have evolved to behave in a manner that is most likely to end up having the best offspring possible
- 'human reproductive behaviour'
- to ensure genes are passed on
- 2 types
- Intrasexual selection
- individuals of one sex compete to out do members of the same sex in order to attract a partner
- intersexual selection
- members of one gender evolve to prefer particular qualities
- attractiveness
- resources
- status
- members of one gender evolve to prefer particular qualities
- Intrasexual selection
- humans have evolved to behave in a manner that is most likely to end up having the best offspring possible
- gender differences in long term partner preferences
- males prefer:
- physically attractive
- fertile
- younger
- kind
- females prefer:
- good financial prospects
- industrious
- intelligent
- kind
- genetically fit
- males prefer:
- strength of evolutionary explaination
- Research: Buss 1989
- 10,000 adults in 33 countries
- asked Q's relating to age & other attributes that evolutionary theory predicts should be important in partner preference
- gender differences in long term partner preferences
- males prefer:
- physically attractive
- fertile
- younger
- kind
- females prefer:
- good financial prospects
- industrious
- intelligent
- kind
- genetically fit
- males prefer:
- gender differences in long term partner preferences
- findings support predictions about partner preference derived from sexual selection theory
- high levels of generalisability
- no cultural bias
- not ethnocentric
- however, should be cautious when applying findings from surveys as respondents often answer in socially desirable way
- therefore not always truthful
- Research: Buss 1989
- limitation of evolutionary explaination
- cultural traditions Bernstein 2015
- gender differences in mate preference patterns might stem from cultural traditions as well as social and economic factors rather than being the result of evolved charachteristics.
- e.g fact that women have been denied economic and political power in many cultures might account for tendency to rely on security and economic resources of men
- Kasser and Sharma 1999
- analysis of 37 countries
- showed women valued potential mates access to resources far more in cultures where women's status and educational opportunities were limited
- gender differences in mate preference patterns might stem from cultural traditions as well as social and economic factors rather than being the result of evolved charachteristics.
- cultural traditions Bernstein 2015
- Darwin's theory of sexual selection
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