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1. Most (but by no means all) evolutionary psychologists are male. How do you think an evolutionary approach to attraction might be different if it were taken up by many more female researchers? What predictions might we see advanced and tested that are different from those we see now? Are there any "twists" on currently advanced claims that might be made?

2. In the run-up to the 2004 U.S. presidential election, many households put up "Bush Must Go" signs in their front yards. The motive, clearly, was to influence undecided voters to vote against the incumbent president, George W. Bush. Do any of the ideas presented in this chapter give one reason to believe that the effort might have backfired, and actually increased support for Bush?

3. Evolutionary psychology is the idea that behavioral predispositions, in the same way as anatomy and physiology, are determined by genes and passed on from generation to generation. This idea has been derided by some as "just so" theorizing because its advocates provide evolutionary explanations that fit (like Rudyard Kipling's "just so" stories) the behavior patterns we observe "just so." Can you think of any examples for which this criticism seems valid? Can you think of any for which it is invalid?

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