#126 Sarah Hill: Life History Theory, Puberty, Immune Function, and Mating Strategies

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Sarah Hill is Associate Professor of Psychology at Texas Christian University. She studies a range of topics, applying an evolutionary lens, including the interplay between immune function and mating strategies; the impact of inflammation; poverty, food regulation, and weight gain; hormonal contraceptives and mate choice; and other topics under the rubric of life history theory. In this episode, we talk about life history theory; how life history varies between species, and also how environmental cues might trigger fast or slow life history strategies. We talk about how it all starts in the uterus; the environmental cues people pay more attention to; how personality and other psychological traits might produce individual variation in dealing with the same cues. The we get into specific topics, like immune function; age of puberty onset; inflammation; eating habits and weight gain; how contraceptives affect women’s mating strategies; and also how technology like online porn, dating websites, and sex robots might tweak men’s mating strategies toward preferring short-term relationships. Time Links: 00:46 What is life history theory? 04:05 Stages of life history in humans 07:41 It all starts in the uterus… 13:02 The environmental cues people pay attention to 16:01 Individual variation 17:38 Immune function and life history 24:56 Puberty triggers and women’s reproductive strategies 31:28 Inflammation, eating habits, and metabolic diseases 36:40 Contraceptives and women’s mating strategies 41:21 Current technology and men’s short-term mating 45:55 Can life history help us tackle social issues? 48:45 Porn, sex robots, and feminist issues 50:25 Follow Dr. Hill’s work! -- Follow Dr. Hill’s work: Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/yc3drxaq Personal website: https://www.sarahehill.com/ Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/ydhuuggy -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g