Sexual Selection And Humor In Courtship

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Huong Nguyen
Prof. Nathan Matza
HSc 425 (Friday)
09/18/2015
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In the article "Sexual Selection and Humor in Courtship: A Case for Warmth and Extroversion (2015)," the author – Jeffrey A. Hall – based on data collected through his three studies, realized that humor and intelligent do not contact with any mutual direct, but "the more attempts at humor a male made and the more of those attempts a female laughed at, the more interested in dating the female was” (Jeffrey, 2015, September 3, p.7). It revealed the extent available or glamorous sexy of two partners. The degree of charm or sexy can actively performed with some signs of flirting via the connection between humor and laughter when a man and a woman met together.
To assess the humor playing an important role in attraction with the relationship between males and females, Hall gathered 51 single student couples, heterosexual and did not know each other. The students were divided into random pairs. They were put in separate rooms and
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Cousins Norman, an American reporter, persevered to watch comedy and satirical stories for his self-healing. As a result, he recovered and could play sports again. In his book Anatomy of All Illness (1979), he affirmed that laughing ten minutes can help get sleeping in two hours. His narrative healing process is a source of inspiration for many of the applications of laughter and mental energy for healing.
Then, another study of Professor Gil Greengross, University of New Mexico, in the article "The Important of Humor in Mating" (2011), he stated that the participants have sense of humor reported to have sexual relations, multiple sexual partners, and start having sex earlier than normal. When he analyzed the complex factors between humor and sexual behavior, he found that humor can bring implications for mating behavior than

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