Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Motor System, Blood Alcohol Content, Repeated Measures Design

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Article 1: production and appreciation of humor as sexually selected traits. The hypothesis of this research is to test whether or not both men and women prefer someone with a good sense of humor as a relationship partner. However, two recent studies have shown that men are not attracted to funny women, suggesting the sexes use the phrase good sense of humor differently. To investigate this question, the researchers" measured the importance participants placed on a partner"s production of humor vs. receptivity to their own humor. Men emphasized the importance of their partners" receptivity to their own humor, whereas women valued humor production and receptivity equally. One hundred twenty-nine mcmaster university undergraduate students (74 women and 55 men) who spoke english fluently participated in all three tasks in this study in exchange for course credit. The researchers then created a questionnaire examining categorization of others" sense of humor.