FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Assortative Mating, Parental Investment, Economic Model

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Sandra Pericak

Document Summary

Attracted to individuals who are around us. The more we are around a stimulus the more we are to like it (like a person) Put women in a class, varied in how much they went. At the end the class was asked to rate the women on attractiveness, the ones that went to the class more were seen as most attractive. May have less selection in smaller communities. Online has same effect expanded the availability of partners. Like those who are similar to us. Choose individual with traits similar to our own. Opposites attract little evidence that complementary personality causes. But complementary behaviours or interests are attractive. Similarity provides context for relationship in which different skills/interests become complementary. Choose someone who is attainable, not our ideal. Self disclosure, you get a sense of if you are collaborative. Whether a long term relationship could happen with this person. Behaviours that are expected of a person in a specific position.