Comments on: People ‘Playing the Field’ More Angry At Infidelity http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/07/mating-effort-and-infidelity.php Understand your mind with the science of psychology - Mon, 04 May 2009 10:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeremy (PsyBlog author) http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/07/mating-effort-and-infidelity.php/comment-page-1#comment-20167 Jeremy (PsyBlog author) Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:46:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/07/people-playing-the-field-more-angry-at-infidelity.php#comment-20167 Carlo, you're right, one doesn't follow from the other, it's a separate point. I've changed the wording accordingly.<br /><br />Thanks for pointing that out.<br /><br />I know this argument is still somewhat unclear so here's the original section from the article:<br /><br />"The effort expended in obtaining or guarding a mate that results from Higher-ME is not the same as increasing one's investment in a long-term committed relationship. According to evolutionary theory, Higher-ME individuals guard their mates inconsistently generally during their more fertile and hence more sexually active times (Rowe et. al., 1997). Thus, Higher-ME individuals restrict a competitor's access to other potential partners even though such behavior might lead to relationship dissolution in the future." Carlo, you're right, one doesn't follow from the other, it's a separate point. I've changed the wording accordingly.

Thanks for pointing that out.

I know this argument is still somewhat unclear so here's the original section from the article:

"The effort expended in obtaining or guarding a mate that results from Higher-ME is not the same as increasing one's investment in a long-term committed relationship. According to evolutionary theory, Higher-ME individuals guard their mates inconsistently generally during their more fertile and hence more sexually active times (Rowe et. al., 1997). Thus, Higher-ME individuals restrict a competitor's access to other potential partners even though such behavior might lead to relationship dissolution in the future."

]]> By: carlo http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/07/mating-effort-and-infidelity.php/comment-page-1#comment-20166 carlo Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:29:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/07/people-playing-the-field-more-angry-at-infidelity.php#comment-20166 "The evolutionary psychological explanation for this is as follows. If you are a high mating effort kind of person you are putting in more energy to finding partners. That means you have to go around making sure no one else is messing with your mate."<br /><br />I don't find this summary particularly clear. How does the second sentence follow from the first?<br /><br />C "The evolutionary psychological explanation for this is as follows. If you are a high mating effort kind of person you are putting in more energy to finding partners. That means you have to go around making sure no one else is messing with your mate."

I don't find this summary particularly clear. How does the second sentence follow from the first?

C

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