COM 225- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Communication
• Course: COM 225
• Professor: Scott Murszewski

Document Summary

Men and women may not be from different planets, but they are on different drugs: ex: men=violent killing/ women: poison. Mate value: how well someone rates you as a long term partner (both for themselves and for the sake of prospective children) Sociosexual orientation: think of this in terms of short term and long term goals, are you looking for mr/mrs. Right now: restricted sociosexual orientation, looking for long-term compatibility, unrestricted sociosexual orientation, only looking for short-term compatibility, for women, this is partly influenced by ovulation cycle (good genes vs. good dad) During initial interactions: evidence that showing little eye contact prior to the initial interaction may actually entice potential partners, scarcity & reactance theory. If you put these bodies of research together, it may suggest you play hard to get with eye contact until you meet, then let "em have it.