Who suggested males have evolved strategies, driven by Jealousy?

(Initials: D&W)

Daly & Wilson

Outline Cuckoldry in relation to Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Men are always at risk of cuckoldry as they cannot be sure they are the fathers to their children, whereas women can. Therefore a man might risk investing resources in a child which is not his own.

Who suggested mate retention strategies?

(Initials: B)

Buss

What are the 2 mate retention strategies which Buss proposed?

Restricting partners autonomy (direct guarding)

Threats of violence

Name a Psychologist investigating Jealousy as a cause for abuse in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

(Initials: D&D)

Dobash & Dobash

What did Dobash & Dobash show about jealousy in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

In majority of abuse cases, women have cited extreme jealousy as the cause of violence.

Name 3 Psychologists supporting Jealousy in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression and one IDA point?

(Initials: D, D, T, RWA)

Daly et al.

Dell

Takahashi et al.

Real World Application

Why does Daly et al. support the role of Jealousy in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Found that male sexual jealousy was the single most common motivation for killings in domestic disputes.

Why does Dell support the role of Jealousy in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Found that sexual jealousy accounts for 17% of murder cases in the UK

Why does Takahaski et al. support the role of Jealousy in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Examined the neural responses to imagined scenes of sexual and emotional infidelity from participants. Males showed a strong response in the aggressive area of the brain in response to sexual infidelity.

Describe a Real World Application study supporting the role of jealousy in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

A Thai Court freed a man who admitted to beating his wife to death in a jealous rage, after she had visited her ex, due to the need for him to care for the children.

Name one Psychologist criticising the role of jealousy in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

(Initials: E&S)

Edlund & Sagarin

Why do Edlund & Sagarin criticise the role of jealousy in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Research doesn't show who the infidelity is initiated by - the unfaithful partner or the male rival.

Describe sexual coercion in infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

A consequence of men being suspicious about their partn'ers infidelity is sexual coercion/rape.

Name a Psychologist who investigated the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

(Initials: C)

Camilleri

What did Camilleri show about the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Found that the sexual assault of a female by her partner was directly linked to perceived risks of her infidelity.

Describe violence towards pregnant women in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Sexual infidelity may sometimes lead to pregnancy. If the male invests his resources, this therefore lowers his own reproductive success as he is wasting resources on a child which is not his own. Therefore some males often turn to violence as a method of terminating the pregnancy.

Describe Uxorocide (wife-killing) in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

To keep a partner, men may either confer benefits or inflict costs. As not all men can provide resources (benefits), they turn to threat of violence (cost).

Name a Psychologist who investigated the role of Uxorocide in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

(Initials: D&W)

Daily & Wilson

What did Daly & Wilson show about the role of Uxorocide in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Death of a partner may be an unintended of an evolutionary adaptation of the desire to control, not to kill.

Name 3 Psychologists supporting the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

(Initials: C&Q, B&G, V)

Camilleri & Quincy

Burch & Gallup

Valladares et al.

Why do Camilleri & Quinsey support the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Found that men convicted of rape were more likely to have experienced cuckoldry risks prior.

Why do Burch & Gallup support the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Found that the frequency of violent acts towards unfaithful women were doubled in pregnant partners than non-pregnant.

Why does Valladares et al. support the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Found that half a sample of abused pregnant women, they had experienced blows to their abdomen (demonstrates desire to terminate pregnancy).

Name a Psychologist criticising the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression and one IDA point?

(Initials: B&S, GB)

Buss & Shackelford

Gender Bias

Why do Buss & Shackelford criticise the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression?

Cannot explain why men act in different ways - some murder, some get drunk and others turn to mate retention strategies.

Name the Psychologist who criticised the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression for Gender Bias?

Felson

Why does Felson criticise the role of infidelity in Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression for Gender Bias?

Found that women were twice as likely to murder out of jealousy than men.