Hypotheses
- Degree of polygyny will be positively related to male bias in inheritance (1).Hartung, John - Polygyny and inheritance of wealth, 1982 - 2 Variables
This study tests the hypothesis that humans tend to transmit wealth to male heirs where polygyny is possible. The results support this hypothesis.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The degree to which a woman's marriage is arranged by her family will be positively related to the degree to which women inherit valuable goods or property (20).Hull, Brooks - The economics of misbehavior, love and marriage contract enforcement, 1989 - 2 Variables
This study examines the predictors of arranged marriage versus marriage for love. Several predictions are supported and results uphold the hypothesis that "societies promote the method of marriage contract enforcement best adapted to available production technology, incentives to misbehave, and methods of coercion."
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The practice of polygyny and brideprice are likely to be associated with early modern humans in Africa.Walker, Robert S. - Evolutionary history of hunter-gatherer marriage practices, 2011 - 3 Variables
This study attempts to reconstruct ancestral marriage practices using hunter-gathers' phylogenies based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Data suggest that arranged marriages and brideprice/bridewealth likely go back at least to the first modern human migrations out of Africa and that early ancestral human societies probably had low levels of polygyny.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - In societies where males exhibit greater power and status than females, males will partake in extramarital sexual activities and be in polygynous relationships.Raj, Vrishica - Effects of male power and status on polygyny, extramarital sex, and parental..., 2018 - 3 Variables
The present research inquires into the effects, if any, that male status and power have on extramarital sex, parental investment, and polygyny. Using sexual selection theory, the hypothesis is that males in higher positions of power and status are more likely to engage in extramarital sexual activities and be in polygynous relationships was supported. There was no support for an association between male extramarital sex and parental investment.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Arranged marriage for either sex is negatively related to the degree to which they control valuable assets (20).Hull, Brooks - The economics of misbehavior, love and marriage contract enforcement, 1989 - 2 Variables
This study examines the predictors of arranged marriage versus marriage for love. Several predictions are supported and results uphold the hypothesis that "societies promote the method of marriage contract enforcement best adapted to available production technology, incentives to misbehave, and methods of coercion."
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The degree to which a woman's marriage is arranged by her family will be positively related to family size (17).Hull, Brooks - The economics of misbehavior, love and marriage contract enforcement, 1989 - 2 Variables
This study examines the predictors of arranged marriage versus marriage for love. Several predictions are supported and results uphold the hypothesis that "societies promote the method of marriage contract enforcement best adapted to available production technology, incentives to misbehave, and methods of coercion."
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - A man's reproductive fitness will be most enhanced if he transfer's his heritable wealth to his son rather than his daughter (611).Hartung, John - On natural selection and the inheritance of wealth, 1976 - 1 Variables
This study examines the relative reproductive benefits of different types of inheritance strategies. The author argues that, on the basis of the chromosomal corollary, a male's reproductive fitness will be most enhanced if his wealth transfers to his son and his son's son rather than to his daughter. Results from previous cross-cultural studies are provided in support of this hypothesis.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - According to Hartung (1981), mode of inheritance will be related to paternity certainty (103).Gray, J. Patrick - A note on brother inheritance, 1982 - 2 Variables
This article presents a reanalysis of the theory put forth by Hartung (1981) regarding the relationship between inheritance and paternity confidence. The authors take issue with the original sample used and retest the hypothesis.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The degree to which a woman's marriage is arranged by her family will be negatively related to specialization of labor (17).Hull, Brooks - The economics of misbehavior, love and marriage contract enforcement, 1989 - 2 Variables
This study examines the predictors of arranged marriage versus marriage for love. Several predictions are supported and results uphold the hypothesis that "societies promote the method of marriage contract enforcement best adapted to available production technology, incentives to misbehave, and methods of coercion."
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The imposition of bridewealth and brideservice are used by parents to aid in their selection of a son-in-law (91).Apostolou, Menelaos - Brideswealth and brideservice as instruments of parental choice, 2008 - 2 Variables
This study examines bridewealth and brideservice using a theory that emphasizes the role of parental selection in arranged marriages. Bridewealth and brideprice are postulated to enable parents of the bride to screen their future son-in-law. Information presented is supported by a literature review; no formal testing. See Apostolou, M. (2007) for more analyses.
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