Evolutionary explanations for Partner preferences

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1. 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
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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. Who created the study where university students were asked 1 of 3 questions in which 0 women agreed to have sex but 75% of men agreed to have sex?

  • Clarke and Halfield
  • Buss
  • Anderson

4. Reproductive success is key to evolution. What is this type of selection called?

  • Intersexual selection
  • Sexual selection
  • Intrasexual selection

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

  • Long term preferences
  • Short term preferences
  • Sexual selection

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