PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Psych, Bride Price, Pittsburgh Press
6 Apr 2015
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External causes: take bigger risks (physical and social) to attract mates. Internal causes: short-term physiological benefits despite long-term negative effects (e. g physiological costs of testosterone. Testosterone a poison with trade-offs leads to risky behavior but. Sexual dimorphism and life history differences are consistent with greater competition among the sex that invests less in offspring. Male reproductive success (rs) increases with each additional mate, whereas females do not gain as much mating again. Male benefit more from multiple mates (ergo) from mating again soon than do females. Would you experiment stable effect will you go out with me would you go to the apartment with me would you go to bed. From buss & schmidt (1993) psych rev 100 204-232. In every region, men desired on average more partners over the next 30 years than women did. Also, a higher % of men desired >1 partner. Number of sex partners desired different continents of the world.
