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Evol. Psyc Ch.5 139-
Evol.PsycCh.5 139-152
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| consilient | agreement between the approaches to a topic of different academic subjects, especially science and the humanities. |
| teleology | explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes |
| male marriage commitment | more likely to attract mate, more desirable mate, child survival and success, social status, coalitional allies, increases paternity certainty |
| women's ovulation | cryptic |
| human sexual activity | occurs throughout women's ovulation cycle |
| reproductive value | number of children a person of a given age is likely to have in the future |
| fertility | actual reproductive performance (number of viable offspring produced); peaks in mid twenties |
| fifteen year old has higher reproductive value, but lower fertility | than a 25 year old |
| youth and health | correlated to reproductive value |
| mate preferences | intelligent, kind, understanding, healthy, shared values, and religious beliefs |
| as men age | they prefer younger women and younger women (or rather more reproductive value or fertility) |
| male teens willing to accept dates (contrary to learning theory) | from older women (even though older women weren't interested in them and they could control younger easier) |
| that older men desire increasingly younger women and teens prefer older non-interested women | only explained by the evolutionary time link between youth and fertility |
| older men do not prefer most fertile women becuase | difficult to attract, less compatibility, more need for compatibility now than in hunter-gatherer times |
| spousal age difference predicts | mate homicide rate |
| male standards of female beauty | reproductive cues: physical appearance and behavior |
| female reproductive cues: physical appearance | full lips, clear, smooth skin, clear eyes, long lustrous hair, good muscle tone, body fat distribution |
| female reproductive cues: behavior | bouncy, youthful gait, animated face, high energy |
| beauty is in | adaptations of the beholder |
| high hair quality | correlated with women's subjective judgments of own health |
| clear skin signals | lack of parasites and skin-damaging diseases, |
| facial femininity | large eyes, thinner jaws, small chin, high cheekbones, mouth close to jaw |
| femininity clues | higher levels of estrogen, high pitched voice |
| facial averageness(easy to process?) and symmetry | linked to attractiveness |
| 5% longer legs more attractive | more offspring, high heels? |
| babies play with | attractive dolls and viewed attractive faces longer |
| standards of beauty are consistent | across cultures |
| when men looked at attractive female faces | their nucleus accumbens became especially activated |
| body weight preference | suggest context-dependent adaptations |
| hungry, poor males prefer | heavier women |
| US men selected | exactly average female slimness |
| US women selected | slimmer than average |
| hip and thigh fat | 40% greater for post pubescent women that men making female WHR lower for women (.67-.80) than men (.85-.95) |
| women with lower WHR | show earlier pubertal endocrine activity |
| regardless of fat men favor | a WHR of .7(beauty contest winners and centerfold women) and women .8 |
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