PSY 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Parental Investment, Egg Cell, Factor Analysis
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Defining features of love: factor analysis used to group features of love into passion, intimacy and commitment. Commitment:willing to define as love, commitment to long term. Men and women want the same top 4 preferences in a relationship. 80% of human societies practice plural marriage - polygamy. Naturalistic fallacy: claiming that because something is true, that it ought to be. The sex who invests more in energetic costs of parenting is the choosier sex. Women desire slightly above average for 1 date and want more with increasing commitment. Men have similar criteria for dates and long-term mates, but not for short-term things. Men and women are 50% likely to say yes to a date. Men are more likely to say yes to low investment encounter. Women almost always say no to low investment encounter. Women increase selectivity as the probability of pregnancy increases. Men also increase selectivity as the probability of committing resources increases.
