PSYC 327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Promiscuity
25 Sep 2016
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Second test chapter 6, 7, 8 and cumulative. Monogamy: the state of having only one sexual partner at any one time. Polygamy: an individual has more than one mate at the same time. Polygynandry is a shared group of several males and females. In most of the animal world, the norm calls for multiple sexual partners. Beavers, gibbons, certain foxes, otters, bats, and some primates and rodents. 95% of the offspring was fathered by the male in the burrow. Many females remain with the same mates throughout litters. Males sired significantly more pups with females that they preferred than with females they did not prefer. No differences were found in the number of pups sired when a na ve male was paired with preferred female and a female preferred by another male. In numerous animal species males will rarely be aggressive upon discovery but will leave the female of offspring.
