CMN 368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parental Investment, Physical Attractiveness, Junk Food

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 368
• Professor: M Ramey

Document Summary

Any activity that involves being intimate in an erotically arousing or stimulating way with someone else. Our definition of sex assumes that the people involved are consenting adults. The ability to choose a communication behavior that is both appropriate and effective for a sex- related situation. Comes from darwin theory of natural selection (1985: survival of the fittest. Select mates perceived to provide strong offspring: prefer mates with high parental investment. Intrasexual selection: competition within sex (male: male: struggle to win over female. You should (cid:271)e a(cid:271)le to re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ize e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ples fro(cid:373) the (cid:862) e(cid:454) differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) mate. Women are looking for someone who is going to stick around be that good partner. Breeding: fertility tied to age: age is tied to physical appearance: why do women prefer the opposite, me(cid:374)"s reproductive value cannot be as accurately evaluated by physical appearance. Therefore, women look for men who can provide for their offspring. Men: - men report they want a smart mate.