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6. What did psychologist Gehre et al. (2007) discover? (AO2)

  • Men would not discriminate against paying for their biological children and their step-children's collage education
  • Using the a magazine survey completed by 2700 UK women estimated 14% of children in the UK are the result of extra-marital affairs and cuckoldry
  • 91 childless undergrads reported (no gender differences) they felt ready to become parents but measured their physiological responses males showed significantly increased heart-rate suggesting they're biologically less prepared than females
  • Males are more jealous of physical adultery where as women are more jealous of emotional adultery and concludes that sexual jealousy has evolved over time as a way of preventing cuckoldry

7. What did the psychologists Baker and Bellis (1990) discover? (AO2)

  • Using the a magazine survey completed by 2700 UK women estimated 14% of children in the UK are the result of extra-marital affairs and cuckoldry
  • Men would not discriminate against paying for their biological children and their step-children's collage education
  • 91 childless undergrads reported (no gender differences) they felt ready to become parents but measured their physiological responses males showed significantly increased heart-rate suggesting they're biologically less prepared than females
  • Males are more jealous of physical adultery where as women are more jealous of emotional adultery and concludes that sexual jealousy has evolved over time as a way of preventing cuckoldry

8. What is the best explanation for Anderson's findings using the parental investment theory?

  • Investment levels may be due to desire for sexual intimacy with wife and promote own personal reproductive fitness as she would more likely remain and reproduce with him
  • Parental Investment theory is correct
  • The theory has it wrong and in real life men don't have a problem with cuckoldry
  • Parental Investment theory only applies to young children

9. What did the psychologist Buss (1995) discover? (AO2)

  • 91 childless undergrads reported (no gender differences) they felt ready to become parents but measured their physiological responses males showed significantly increased heart-rate suggesting they're biologically less prepared than females
  • Males are more jealous of physical adultery where as women are more jealous of emotional adultery and concludes that sexual jealousy has evolved over time as a way of preventing cuckoldry
  • Using the a magazine survey completed by 2700 UK women estimated 14% of children in the UK are the result of extra-marital affairs and cuckoldry
  • Men would not discriminate against paying for their biological children and their step-children's collage education

10. Why do Human Mothers Invest More Prenatally?

  • In order to appear more attractive to males
  • human infants are born relatively immature compared to other animals so they would not survive if left to their own devices
  • Gametes are more costly and less numerous than male sperm so can only have a limited amount of offspring
  • Women are biologically less able to hunt and so raise children instead