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Social and biological constituents in role representations on long-term partnership by female junior university students // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2011. Issue 6 (108). P. 120-123

Social and biological constituents in role representations on long-term partnership by female junior university students were studied The study revealed strong discrepancies between biological and social constituents. Subjects postpone marriage and bearing children for an indefinite period while having a concurrent sizable value of family. Female junior students considered more attractive males with masculine face in the context of long-term partnership. Despite, they expected role behavioral pattern that was not distinctive for masculine males.

Keywords: long-term partnership, biological evolution, social evolution, masculinity, femininity.

EVALUATION OF CONSISTENCY IN BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANT SELECTION CRITERIA FOR LONG-TERM PARTNER IN JUNIOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND SPECIALIZED SCHOOL STUDENTS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2012. Issue 6 (121). P. 95-101

Comparative evaluation of modifi cations in the biological and social criteria for long-term partner selection in representations of female junior university students and specialized school students was conducted. Both groups studied revealed discrepancies between biological and social components of selection. Female considered more attractive masculine men in the context of long-term partnership. At the same time, they expected at masculine male behavioural pattern that was not distinctive for masculine males.

Keywords: long-term relationship, masculinity, femininity, biological, social-determinant, behavioural pattern

CHOICE OF LONG-TERM PARTNER: THE CONCEPT OF BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2012. Issue 6 (121). P. 112-120

The review addresses the question of long-term partner choice by a woman of childbearing age. Biological component of choice is considered on the one hand, and psychological and social on the other. Through theoretical analysis the criteria for selecting long-term partner are being described. It is also highlighted a number of factors (biological, social, psychological) on which selection criteria depend on. Thus, complexity and ambiguity of the choice of longterm partner in the modern world is designated, where social evolution proceeds faster than biological one and is able to exert considerable infl uence on human behavioural programs.

Keywords: criteria for partner selection, biological evolution, social evolution, long-term partnership