PSY230H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Casual Sex, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Sensation Seeking
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Within gender variation- mate preference between men and women is about . 39: the biological differences in men and women are what lead to the behavioural differences seen in men and women. Biological evolution takes along time: humans evolved over millions of years. The human gene pool contains genes that were adaptive during evolution (hunter-gather societies in the african savanna) More adaptive genes should be more prevalent in the gene pool. Genes that were adaptive may no longer be adaptive today. Evolution and gender: uncertainty of paternity- women know that their child is their child, but fathers are not so sure all the time, which is why men get more jealous- it"s just a theory. Many evolutionary problems are the same for men and women (finding food, shelter, body temperature regulation) . Some evolutionary problems differ between men and women (e. g. , uncertainty of paternity). Desired time before having sex: men are more likely to have sex sooner than women after intercourse.
