PSYCH 3AC3 Study Guide - Underweight, Men..., Weight Gain
14 Oct 2014
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Puzzle 1: ability to reproduce (reproductive fitness) Not a useful measure: preferences for fat vs. skinny girls varies across time and place. Plump women with more fat reserves are desired. I don"t need to carry around fat reserves in case of emergency, my resources are secured. Preference for body fat, increases when food is scarce and decreases when food is readily available: evidence bmi isn"t a good measure - swami & tovee, 2007. Had men give attractiveness ratings for various bmis. Note: healthy bmi = 20 - 30. Bmi: even find overweight women as similarly attractive, while high ses barely do. Women have a misconception of men"s body fat preferences. Method used 9 figure drawings of increasing body fat. Q1: what would you most like to look like. Q1: women want to be the thinnest one. Q2: women think men want a very skinny woman. Q3: men actually prefer a larger woman than what woman believed they would want.
