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Relationships - Coggle Diagram
Relationships
Anisogamy
Biological differences between biological factors, women have a short window for fertility and around 500 eggs (chose wisely) men produce 525 billion sperm so arent so picky
Intrasexual selection
- members must compete with other members of the same sex in order to get a partner
- men are more likely to show signs of intersexual selection as there are limited fertile females
QUANTITY over quality
- men just want as many children as they can
- Size - males who are stronger are more likely to reproduce - women who are more petite and curvaceous are mar likely to find a mate
- mate guarding - they keep a close eye on their mate to ensure cuckoldry does not occur and to ensure that resources are not being given elsewhere
- Sneak Copultion - males cheat to increase their likelihood of reproducing - women cheat due to lack of resources (giving males an excuse to commit infidelity causes them to have a different approach to relationships, women held to a different standard
- Aggression - males who are more aggressive allows for them to be seen as stronger
Intersexual selection
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- men are looking for youth and fertility and physical attractiveness
- women are looking for strength, intelligence and financial stability
QUALITY over quantity
The Sexy Sons hypothesis - people seek attractive partners to ensure their offspring are attractive as well
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AO3
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10,000 people from 37 countries
They were asked to rate 18 characteristics on a scale of 0 (irrelevant) to 3 (indispensable) based on what they would seek out in a partner
Findings: WOMEN - they consistently rated 'good financial prospects' as a 3 and MEN placed 'physical attractiveness and youthfulness' as most important BOTH rated 'intelligence and kindness' high
- based on out-dated ideas of relationships, reproducing isn't as important in society anymore, may have different partner preferences now
A03
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- Womens mate presence changes based on their menstrual cycle. Women seek more feminine features when they are in phases 1,2 and 4 HOWEVER during ovulation (stage 3) they want a man with more masculine features
- supports evolutionary explanations of partner preference
SELF DISCLOSURE
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- goals and aspirations, achievments
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SPRETCHER (2013)
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PROCEDURE - (split into male-female, female-female, male-male) participants hd never met and introduced over Skype. in the reciprocal condition they took turns asking questions and disclosing, in the non-reciprocal condition only one person asked questions when the other disclosed, they then switched half way through
- they were asked to rate the person on liking, closeness, similarity and enjoyment
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