AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -One of the most fundamental principles of evolutionary psychology is that women are much more selective than men in their mate choice. Because women pay far greater reproductive costs by making the wrong choice, women have been designed by evolution to be more cautious and choosier than men in mate selection.

Detailed explanation-2: -The basic principle is that the preferred mate choices and attendant social cognitions and behaviors of both women and men, and those of other species, have evolved to focus on and exploit the reproductive potential and reproductive investment of members of the opposite sex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Females tend to be the choosier sex when it comes to selecting a mate, part-ly because males can produce millions of sperm, whereas females’ eggs are few and far between. Thus, females may be more selective because they have more invested in each gamete and in the re-sulting offspring.

Detailed explanation-4: -The results point to a singular conclusion: Attractive women express higher standards for nearly all hypothesized indicators of good genes, good investment abilities, good parenting abilities, and good partner traits.