COL 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCore studiesASOCR Created by: francesca_321Created on: 25-01-15 16:02 How do we chose our partners? if characteristics we choose in a mate are different for men and women 1 of 30 Which debate has been around since Darwin? Nature, nurture debate 2 of 30 The survival of society depends on people choosing partners who can produce what? healthy offspring 3 of 30 How do females invest more into their offspring? She carries her baby for 9 months which is a great investment 4 of 30 According to Trivers, females are extra choosy when choosing a mate – what might they look for? A mate who is a higher status and has a lot of resourses 5 of 30 According to Symons, why is a male more likely to choose a younger female as their mate? she is able to produce a lot of offspring 6 of 30 What research method did Buss use? cross cultural questionaire 7 of 30 How many pps did Buss have? 10,047 8 of 30 How many cultures were the pps from? 37 9 of 30 What was the mean sample size per country? 272 10 of 30 In the first questionnaire, each characteristic was rated on a what point scale? 18 characteristics 11 of 30 The second questionnaire included two critical characteristics what were they? financial prospects and looks 12 of 30 Buss's research used a 'double blind procedure- what does this mean? the native researchers did not know the hypothesis 13 of 30 In /37 cultures females valued 'good financial prospects' more highly than males 36 14 of 30 in how many cultures did males rate good looks in their mate more highly than females? 37 15 of 30 In ___/37 cultures, females valued “ambition” more highly than males. 34 16 of 30 What was the mean age of marriage for females? 25.3 17 of 30 There was some evidence to suggest males value “chastity”. Give an example of a culture that did value chastity. China 18 of 30 WHat was rated highly by most pps? Kindness and understanding 19 of 30 Did Buss conclude that sex differences in mate preference were or were not confirmed across all cultures? weren't 20 of 30 The first piece of alternative evidence which supports Buss’ study was carried out by whom? Trivers 21 of 30 WHat did the theorist suggest about mate preferences? He suggested that females have higher parental investment so they will be more'choosy' when selecting a partner 22 of 30 In what way do the two studies support each other? he founds females looks for resources (financial prospects) and status (determined by ambition) 23 of 30 Why is Buss' study an improvement on the other study? Buss collected masses of primary data through questionaires making it more reliable 24 of 30 Who was the second piece of alternating evidence carried out by? Symons 25 of 30 What did the theorist suggest about mate preferences? Males should seek young females in order to concieve greater number of offspring 26 of 30 Why is Buss stronger than both studies? Symons work is only theoretical 27 of 30 Who was the alternative evidence carried out by? Thornhill 28 of 30 What does this suggest about mate preferences? people seek mates who have balanced faces 29 of 30 How is this study's challenge to Buss weakened? his research was not cross cultural or global. 30 of 30
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