FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Parental Investment
5 Apr 2016
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Couple and family relationships lecture 12 feb 5. *video called science of attraction about biological factors in attraction* Similarity provides context for relationship in which different skills/interests become complementary. Enough different interests to keep things interesting. Initially attracted to external attributes - choose someone who is attainable - not our ideal: value stage. Determine if attitudes, interests and beliefs match. Behaviours that are expected of a person in a specific position in a group. Evaluate a mate on 2 dimensions: how we actually function in the relationship compared to how expected we would function, how our partners functions in the relationship compared to how we expected them to function. Why are some people attracted to a dominant partner? (giebel et al. , 2015) Sensation-seekers of both genders preferred a dominant partner. Susceptibility boredom and disinhibition were correlated with preference for a dominant partner : thrill seeking was not. Two types of women preferred dominant partners: high boredom susceptibility /disinhibition, high anxiety.
