Evolutionary explanations

Cards (4)

  • What is the evolutionary explanation
    Examines how behaviours that were adaptive to our human ancestors are passed down through genetic transmission from one generation to the next.
  • What is EEA
    Environment of Evolutionary Adaptiveness
  • Direct Guarding
    Resource guarding - restricting her freedom to prevent males gaining access eg stopping partners speaking and interacting with other men
  • Intersexual negative inducements
    issuing threats of physical violence to the female if they were interested in other males