SOC265H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gestation, Jeff Lorber, Casual Sex
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Model visual representations of an argument or hypothesis. Independent/dependent variables: what helps you understand the arguments, direction/causality, mediating, moderating facts. Includes everything: not advantageous for social science. Kitchen sink (will you fall asleep in class?) If you"ve eaten: boredom , sleep last night, class had already, drugs, coffee, medical conditions, prof , position you are in/seat placement . = what la touche can actually control in class. Includes a lot of extraneous elements in the study that can"t be controlled. Buss: main arguments (an example of an essentialist model) Mate selection and reproduction are different on the basis of sex. Sex: biologically designated classification as male and female binary. Don"t know: we make assumptions all the time even if it isn"t valid. Evolution plays key role: we counter difference evolutionary problems and the two sexes found different ways to deal with this. Male and females are biologically different: females have the problem of pregnancy, gestation development, birth, afterwards.
