think of a real/imagine a committed romantic relationship.
how would you react if they became emotionally or sexually involved with someone else?
or even trying new sexual positions/falling in love with someone else?
we show more distress at the idea of our partner being emotionally involved with someone else!
well, we would be more distressed if they was sexually involved with another!
Buss et al's study, suggests your ideas stem from the evolution of sexual behaviour, men and women have reactions to infidelity due to that.
- the method controlled for reliability by using a questionnaire. -all participants got the same information.-there was no bias between males and females.-all 3 experiments use different measurements, but gave similar results.
-students may have strong social norms about relationships, causing validity issues. if participants express those rather than their own feelings, it will be innacurate.-asking people about a hypothetical situation, is an issue of ecological validity. they may behave different in real life.