Economic and Educational Factors Influence Mate Selection from an Evolutionary Psychology Perspective
Abstract
Evolutionary Psychologist, Robert Trivers
(1972) postulates that males and females
possess a certain amount of resources that
can be invested in offspring, thus, giving the
offspring a better chance in surviving. Human
males are high on parental investment
compared to other species; men offer
protection, food, and knowledge as
investment to their offspring to aid in their
survival. Men of high male potential parental
investment (PPI) are attractive to females,
allowing these men to choose the most fertile,
young women.