Evolutionary explanations for Partner preferences

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1. Some mating strategies have evolved for short term success. E.g. lower standards and hasty departure. What type of preference is this?

  • Short term preferences
  • Sexual selection
  • Long term preferences
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2. Who asked over 10K participants across the world about mating preferences and found men wanted physically attractive women and women wanted ambitious, intelligent and rich mates?

  • Buss
  • Clarke and Halfield
  • Anderson

3. Two men fight for a girl. One wins and gets her pregnant, the other one loses and fails to get her pregnant. What type of selection is this?

  • Intrasexual selection
  • Sexual selection
  • Intersexual selection

4. The preferences of one sex, therefore, determine the areas in which the other sex must compete. What is this type of selection called?

  • Intersexual selection
  • Intersexual preferences
  • Short term preferences
  • Sexual selection

5. Who said that fertility may peak earlier in females than thought, suggesting that when choosing a mate, men value fertility in a mate not 'physical attractiveness'?

  • Anderson
  • Clarke and Halfield
  • Buss
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