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- 1R-selectionHigh reproductive rate, little to no investment; Ideal strategy for unstable environments
- 2K-selectionLow reproductive rate, larger investment; Ideal strategy for stable environments
- 3MonogamySingle Female mates with single Male; Equivalent Parental Investment
- 4Monogamy: advantage for femalesNecessary when conditions do not allow for a single female to raise her offspring.
- 5Monogamy: advantage for malesNecessary when conditions do not allow for a single female to raise her offspring.
- 6PromiscuityMultiple Sexual Partners; Permits group to live in relative harmony
- 7Promiscuity: advantage for femalesPaternal confusion encourages access to multiple resources, group cares for young
- 8Promiscuity: advantage for malesLow-ranking males may mate and have a chance that their genes will be passed on; Ability to mate with many females
- 9PolygynyOne Male fathers offspring from multiple Females; low male, high female involvement
- 10Polygyny: advantage for femalesIf Mates are determined by Male Competition, a non-dominant female gets a chance to breed with a dominant male
- 11Polygyny: advantage for malesAble to sire MANY more offspring than otherwise capable of with a single female.
- 12PolyandrySingle Female mates with multiple Males; Less common, particularly in mammals; high male, low female involvement
- 13Polyandry: advantage for femalesMuch greater access to resources, especially when times are tough
- 14Polyandry: advantage for malesUsually practiced with other male kin, so ensures some of your genes get passed on; Can protect limited resources as a group
- 15Operational Definition of HelpingAny behavior that increases the survival chance or reproductive capacity of another individual.
- 16CooperationMutually beneficial behavior; advantageous for both partners
- 17AltruismBenefits one partner, BUT costs the “helper”; evolved because it preferentially aided kin
- 18Reciprocity Theory of AltruismHelping behavior actually a form of long-term cooperation?
- 19Naturalistic FallacyJust because it is “natural” doesn’t make it “right” (and of course, the converse); ex. promiscuity, infanticide, forced copulation
- 20Social DarwinismThere is no such thing as “more evolved” and “less evolved”; A misuse of natural selection
- 21Deterministic FallacyThe assumption that genetic influences on our behavior cannot be overcome; genes ALWAYS interact with your environment
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