Relationships- Parental Investment

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Created on: 01-06-14 22:50

Parental Investment is...

Investments made by parents in offspring which increases offsprings chance of surving

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Which gender approaches reproduction with a 'quantity not quality' attitude?

Males

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Limited gametes, being pregnant for 9 months, giving birth to the child, breast-feeding are all examples of what:

Parental Investments made by a female

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Cuckoldry is...

Investing in offspring that are not their own

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What is a males main concern with his partner when investing in a child?

Infidelity

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Men are more jealous of...

Sexual acts

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96 American students approached by a stranger and asked to either go on date, go to apartment or engage in sexual activities. Equal numbers of m&f agree to date, 11x more males go to apartment and 75% of males agree to sex while no females do

Clark and Hatfield- Support Study

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Cross cultural research in which males are more likely to engage in sexual relationships than females, females more distressed by emotional betrayal than sexual and vice versa

Buss

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Study that showed men invest equally in the college education of step children and biological children

Andersson et al.

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91 graduates from NY complete parental investment perception scale and found no difference between m&f however when asked questions on actual parental investment level, m showed high levels of ANS arousal suggesting the feeling of being uncomfortable

Geher

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Which gender approaches reproduction with a 'quantity not quality' attitude?

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Males

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Limited gametes, being pregnant for 9 months, giving birth to the child, breast-feeding are all examples of what:

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Cuckoldry is...

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Card 5

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What is a males main concern with his partner when investing in a child?

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Relationships- Parental Investment