Psy 230 Week 1 Psychology Article Review

Psychology 2301
Article Review History can prove that the consciousness of fertility can cause females to flaunt just how fertile they are to the proper mating pool through ornamentation. It was researched through the observation of mating rituals in birds. Females are known to lavishly decorate their nests with flowers, leaves and the best twigs they can find just to attract a suitable mate. Although the studies and observations can prove that females tend to make themselves stand out to a partner, yet, there is still the question of why. In a study (Hasleton, Mortezie, Pillsworth, Bleske-Rechek, Fredrick 2007) has come up with a study on ornamentation and how it is affected by shifts in the ovulatory cycle. Hasleton et al. (2007) hypothesizes “that changes in women’s motivations manifest themselves in changes in self-ornamentation through attentive personal grooming and attractive choice of dress.” thus a woman is more motivated to go out and find a man once they have adorned themselves in the proper dress that makes them feel attractive. In the study of ovulation and ornamentation, 58 women were chosen at random from an
Each action taken to make sure that the women were engaged in the study during specific points of their ovulation cycle was important factors to executing the study well. The researchers had to make sure those things such as pregnancy or prenatal drugs did not skew the fertility information. They did rule out such factors, but they did not rule out women who may have been on birth control. Birth control is a great factor that can change a women’s entire bodily cycle. The drug can stop a menstrual cycle for months and without menstruation in place, ovulation is delayed. Aside from birth control, the study did make a great decision by only choosing women who are married or in a relationship. They made a great point that women who are partnered have stronger ovulation