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Ch 11: Attraction

Explore the universal issues and preferences in mate selection, evolutionary explanations for attractiveness judgments, and gender differences in responses to direct requests. Criticisms of the evolutionary approach and factors leading to attraction in online relationships are also discussed.

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Ch 11: Attraction

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  1. Ch 11: Attraction Part 2: Apr. 14, 2014

  2. Mate Selection • Beauty standard vary but some universal issues: • General preferences: • Evolutionary explanation about attractiveness judgements?

  3. Evolution & Mating • Research based on evolution… • Female vs. Male preferences in heterosexual relationships: • Results of FSU study of 3 direct requests of men/women? • “Would you go out with me tonight?” • “Would you come over to my apartment tonight?” • “Would you go to bed with me tonight?” • Gender differences in responses to the 3 requests?

  4. Criticisms of the evolutionary approach – • Access to power? • More similarities than differences? • Self-report data?

  5. First Encounters: Online Meeting Examples of each of these 3 types?

  6. Initiating Relationships: Internet (I) vs. Face-to-Face (F) • Levinger’s model of relationship development: • 1) awareness of other – • same or different for I vs. F? • 2) surface contact – • same or different for I vs. F? • 3) mutuality – • same or different for I vs. F?

  7. Factors leading to attraction online: • Person (P) factors – do people who seek partners online differ? • Other/Partner (O) factors – • PxO interaction – how do sites create ‘matches’? • Gender differences in matching hypothesis for online relationships?

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