PSY 375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Science Daily, Dilute Budgerigar Mutation, Social Stigma
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Part a: benefits of long-term (lt) relationships to men, issues relevant to preferences: reproductive value. Beauty is in the eyes / adaptations of the beholder. Why would men evolve a desire for committed lt relationships (marriage: long-term (mostly) exclusive relationships are only found in about 5% of mammalian species. They are especially rare in primates (chimps don"t; gibbons do). Increase survival of children (ache; hill & hurtado, 1996) Increase reproductive success of children by teaching skills. Increase alliances through wife"s kin: age preferences. Depending on the time and the society, people make different decisions (or have differing capabilities) regarding when to have children. But there are some key similarities across societies: 1. Few women have children before their late teens, 2. Very few women have children after 40 even when they are trying. Reproductive value is maximum potential number of children a women could have now and in the future. What are chances of getting pregnant and giving birth now.
