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Individuals and Families: Diverse Perspectives Unit 3: Chapter 7

Attraction and Mate-Selection Theories. Individuals and Families: Diverse Perspectives Unit 3: Chapter 7. How do we select the person we marry?. Marriage in Canada. Most marriages in Canada are a result of free-choice mate selection where people are attracted to one another,

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Individuals and Families: Diverse Perspectives Unit 3: Chapter 7

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  1. Attraction and Mate-Selection Theories Individuals and Families: Diverse Perspectives Unit 3: Chapter 7

  2. How do we select the person we marry?

  3. Marriage in Canada • Most marriages in Canada are a result • of free-choice mate selectionwhere • people are attracted to one another, • fall in love, and make the decision to • marry • There are several theories that can be • used to explain the attraction between • individuals and the unconscious • choices people make when they • choose a spouse or partner

  4. Evolutionary Psychology • Evolutionary psychology, a branch of • anthropology, explains that sexual attraction • can be traced to our prehistoric ancestors • Strategies that help individuals compete for • limited resources to survive, reproduce, and • raise children are called adaptive behaviours • These adaptive behaviours gave individuals • an evolutionary advantage that allowed • them to pass on their genes and culture to the • next generation

  5. Did we inherit the habits of our ancestors?

  6. Sexual Attraction Today Studies reveal that individuals are still attracted to the person that can help them raise the most successful children: attracted to physically appealing, younger women (implies fertility) Men attracted to older, financially secure men (implies a good provider) Women However, in all cultures, “men and women wanted mates who were intelligent, kind, understanding, dependable, and healthy” (Buss, 2007)

  7. Social Homogamy

  8. Social homogamy can also be used to explain the attraction between two people who are from different ethnic backgrounds but are born or socialized in the same socio-economic environment

  9. Ideal Mate Theory

  10. Love at first sight? • Ideal mate theory supports the • concept of love at first sight because • everyone has an unconscious ideal of • what is attractive and lovable in a • mate • Our perceptions of what is attractive • are formed from both good and bad • experiences we have with other • people, our family, and even media • personalities we are familiar with

  11. What are some characteristics that you find attractive in a person?

  12. Exchange Theory

  13. What do they see in each other?

  14. A final word about love… • Some researchers suggest couples who live and work together to raise children probably would grow to love one another regardless of how their marriage came about (Yalom, 2001) • Yet, in 87 percent of all cultures, the relationships between men and women are based on romantic love (Nadeau, 1997)

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