Buss and Schmitt (1993)

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conflict in human mating literature?
does mating decision represent goal-directed/strategic system, or a product of forces beyond our understanding?
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problem with previous theories?
they aren't able to make specific predictions about mate preferences
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what do strategies mean in this context?
goal-directed solutions for solving adaptive problems, does not imply these are consciously made/thought out
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give me 4 long-term/short-term problems faced by men
Short-term --> identifying sexually accessible women, identifying fertility, minimising commitment. long term --> identifying comitment, good parenting skills, paternity certainty, reproductive value
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give me 4 long-term/short-term problems faced by women
short-term --> evaluation long-term potential, immediate resource extraction. long-term --> identifying commitment, resource investment potential,. good parenting skills, willingness to invest, protective capacity. :)
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give me benefits of short-term mating for men
direct benefit seen in increasing number of offspring
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benefits for women to engage in short-term mating
women get to assess long-term partner potential, and also extract resources, so same as the problems. lol.
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method used to assess their predictions?
follows the classic EP approach, of using questionnaires/self-report methods, but we know theree is a slight problem with this (bartlett et al.)
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give me 4 hypotheses/predictions on preferences
1 men will engage more in st mating. 2 prefs for sexually accessible, min commitment, and fertile women. 3 women will seek men willing to give immediate resources. 4 for long term, women will care more about ptoential/capacity ot invest a lot of reso
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most striking context difference?
men's feelings for cues of women being committed. did t-test on variable 'wants commitment' for st vs lt mate prefernce, showecd most strking difference
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do men engage more in st mating?
yes. asked 'would u shag this bird' from 5 years to 1 hour, said yes on every time marker.
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fertility /repro value in men's preferences?
men valued youth in long-term mates, cos indicates repro value
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