PSYC 3120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Love Metal, Long Term Ecological Research Network
6 Nov 2018
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Men and women both rank love and mutual attraction as primary to a successful relationship: china: Women rank emotional stability and maturity as primary: south africa (zulu): Women rank dependable character as primary: similar characteristics rank high regardless of culture. Gender differences in mate selection : men tend to pick female mates who are young and attractive, women tend to pick male mates who are ambitious and industrious. Rst lter consists of broad determinants of attractiveness. As the lters get more and more ner-grained, the pool of potential mates decreases. Marriage gradient : men tend to marry women who are slightly younger, smaller, and lower in status, women tend to marry men who are slightly older, larger, and higher in status, bottom of the barrel men. Low status men who cannot nd someone of low enough status to marry: cream of the crop women. Women whoa re of higher status than anyone in the available pool of men.
