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Evol. psy. Lecture14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Female LT mating preferences: physical characteristics | athleticism, strength, good health |
| Physical characteristics: behavioral capabilities | resources (hunting, status), protection |
| Female LT mating preferences: Good genes | benefits to offspring: most important gift->behavioral capabilities, health |
| health, status | fertility, behavioral capabilities, risks: insane, contagion |
| gladiator frog | guys hop to females and get body checked |
| 18 item questionnaire: women prefer | height (2), athletic ability (1.5) |
| shoulder hip ratio: v-shaped torso | more attractive (relates to throwing strength, maturity) |
| endomorph | has a higher risk of heart attack |
| personal adds: athleticism | tall more mentioned by women; tall men get more responses |
| Brazilian Mehinaku tribe | wrestling success increases mating desirability |
| Postma 2015: Tour de France racers | faster times with face rated more attractive, unless rater on pill |
| good health | physical reliability of mate (illness, death): resources, protection, fertility |
| Costs of poor health | caring for disability, communicable illness |
| 18 item questionnaire: good health rated | 2.3 for both sexes |
| flamboyant good health signals | peacock's tails (bright, thick-> no illness) |
| signs of good health | symmetry (genes, environmental stressors) |
| symmetrical people score higher on | both physiological (got less colds) and psychological scales |
| symmetrical people judged | more attractive, men get more dates |
| testosterone contributes to masculinization of features | metabolically costly: cortisol-testosterone interaction |
| immunocompetence handicap hypothesis | Healthy individuals can afford to suppress their immune system by raising their testosterone levels, which also augments secondary sexual traits and displays. |
| more masculine face rated | attractive and healthy (r=.35) |
| male humor | cognitive skills display, emotional wellbeing |
| jokers have | higher status |
| humorous rated | desirable by men (laughs at my jokes), women (makes me laugh) |
| deep voice prefered by | women |
| deep voice may signal | sexual maturity size, genetics/hormones/ fertility/masculinity/dominance |
| women predict w/hip ratio from | voice alone |
| musicality | holding guitar x 3 phone numbers; cultural pop music conditioning by association with guitar |
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