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Anthropology 151 T
Evolutionary Psychology
Writing Assignment #...
Please word process your answers and turn in hard copy in class on X/Y.
Maximum length for the essay: 600 words.
** Answer each question separately in the space allotted. Use Times New Roman font, 12 pt.
Include at least two sources from the scientific literature.
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A. Give some examples of mate guarding behavior. Recall an episode of your own past where you engaged in mateguarding; can you name some cues in the situation that led you to mate guard?
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… humans are bad at logical reasoning (Cosmides, 1989)…
… according to recent theories, “guilt is an expectation of self-harm, not an interpersonal phenomenon.” (Baumeister, 1987, p. 33)…
B. What does each sex risk; i.e., what is the mate guarding behavior guarding against.
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C. Given those risks, why not mate guard all the time?
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D. Daniel and I think that human mate guarding is likely to be facultative in human. In addition to sex ratio, give three environmental factors that might logically be expected to affect the frequency or intensity of mate guarding, and explain why such adjustments would be adaptive.
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E. Let’s suppose that people in some cultures (as a hypothetical example, “macho” cultures) mate guard more than people in other cultures. Must it be the case that such cultural differences are just a consequence of different “cultural values” or could they possibly be explained in evolutionary terms?
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References
Kirby, D.M., & Gardner, R.C. (1972). Ethnic stereotypes: Norms on 208 words typicallyused in their assessment. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 26, 140–154.
Klein, S.B. (2001).Aself to remember:Acognitive neuropsychological perspective onhow the self creates memory and memory creates self. In C. Sedikides & M.B.Brewer(Eds.), Individual self, relational self, and collective self (pp. 25–46). Philadelphia,PA: Psychology Press.