\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Definitions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Anisogamy}} & Differential gamete size as a result of disruptive selection {\emph{e.g. human egg = big and full of resources, human sperm = small and speedy}}. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{WEIRD societies}} & Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic people. Used for a lot of psychological and anthropological research, which is definitely controversial and unrepresentative of overall populations in the world. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 8) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.19448 cm} x{3.78252 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Mate choice - Bateman's principle (1948)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Males}} & - undiscriminating eagerness. \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Females}} & - discriminating passivity. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Sex with the largest parental investment (usually the female) will become a limited resource to compete for.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{1. Males = higher variance in numbers of offsprings \textgreater{} females (higher reprod. success).} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{2. Males = higher variance in sexual partners \textgreater{} females (higher mating success).} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{3. Males = stronger rship b/w RS and MS \textgreater{} females.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.29402 cm} x{3.68298 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Challenges to Bateman's principle}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Hrdy}} & female primate research - females are not universally coy + choosy. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{There are advantages for females to have multiple male mates (polyandry) {\emph{e.g. lower infanticide + higher fertilisation}}.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{{\emph{Females}}}} = choosy if population contains high variability in male quality and/or lower paternal investment.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{{\emph{Males }}}}= choosy if above is true for females.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{{\emph{Both }}}}= choosy if encounter rate is high = parental investment = similar for both sexes, similar and high variation in mate quality in both sexes.} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{{\emph{Neither}}}} = choosy if low population density with low encounter rates.} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Brown et al.}} & Sex roles are not universal, inter-population variation in reprod success b/w human males and females. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & WEIRD societies show higher mating success in males \textgreater{} females, but most modern societies involve institutionalised monogamous rships (so similar mating success). \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 6) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Rship b/w MS and RS varies b/w populations {\emph{e.g. if paternal investment is high, then MS and RS = low}}. \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.04057 cm} x{2.93643 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Anisogamy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Sexual reprod leads to the evolution of anisogamy and sex-specific reprod processes and associated strategies.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Sex biases in behaviour: & Mate choice, parental investment... \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Leads to competition b/w members of same sex ({\emph{e.g. stag antlers only in males, so not useful for survival generally}}) and intersexual competition ({\emph{e.g. peacocks = costly tails, so must be fit to survive w/ tail, compete for female attention}}).} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.09034 cm} x{2.88666 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Attractive traits}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Sweat signals compatibility}} & {\bf{Hybrid vigour:}} sweat from someone w/ immune system most different to your own (i.e. variation) = most attractive. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Beauty}} & Cultural? Babies stare more at "attractive faces". Symmetry signals fitness (although symmetry is also selected for if only half the face is shown?). Averageness is preferred - familiarity = safer, no genetic anomalies. \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 10) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Testosterone}} & High testosterone = major costs {\emph{e.g. reduce immunity}}. Testosterone + male jaw -\textgreater{} sharp jaw signals high testosterone, therefore must be fit to survive with sharp jaw. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 8) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.69218 cm} x{3.28482 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Evolutionary psychology (EP) and mate choice}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Beh. = predetermined by genes. -\textgreater{} universality of behaviours because evolutionary behaviours are part of our shared human nature.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{Mate choice:}} Focus on sex differences, with recognition to a minimal role played by social learning.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{EP evaluates attractiveness of traits based on parental investment, reprod value and paternity certainty.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Parental investment}} & {\emph{Effort + resources required to maintain offspring.}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Leads to trade-off b/w mating + parenting efforts - looking after offsprings requires energy, so less energy is put towards mating. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & Humans: males usually invest through provision of resources, so cues to attractiveness related to provision = attractive to females ({\emph{e.g. wealth + status + ambition}}). \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Human Behavioural Ecology (HBE) and mate choice}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Socioecological context impacts beh. + most valued traits in potential mate.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Beh. = result of adaptations toward optimum reprod success.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Beh. = flexible + adaptive w/ underlying genetic mechanisms.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.28942 cm} x{2.68758 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Mate choice - Cross-cultural study by Buss}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{37 cultures tested.} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Males}} & Preferred young + attractive females. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Females}} & Valued financial resources - women = less economically independent? \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} High cultural variation b/w sexes. & {\emph{e.g. Hadza hunter-gatherers: men aren't the only providers, so woman's work ethic was an important factor of attractiveness.}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Sex differences:}}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Female attractiveness}} & Full lips, sprightly gait, luscious hair and clear skin. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\emph{Male attractiveness}} & Wealth + status. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & Study w/ attractiveness rating of males by females in nice v. average car = most attractive in nice car. \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}