Rather, it concentrates on the manner in which access to the dating services and matchmaking influence the process of falling in love. In terms of the recommendations of this paper, this article supports prolonged personal interactions for the sake of knowing each other before entering into a long-term relationship.
Studies by Hall and Fincham (2009) address both Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love and Attachment Theory. In the context of Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love, the article investigates a number of combinations of passion, commitment and intimacy in an attempt to understand whether relationships are based on friendship, liking, infatuation or limerence. Ideally, their study of 293 participants from China and the United States entailed an …show more content…
Essentially, their study which also supports that of Hall and Fincham (2009) established that biological and anatomical differences impact considerably on attraction and falling in love. There research question was whether differences between men and women gave rise to differences in the tendencies of selecting partners. They hypothesized that the gender differences will result in potential partners searching for attributes that would be complementary to their own in their partners (Riela et al, 2010). In their study that also involved 200 college students, they found that women, on one hand, are more concerned with status while men, on the other hand, with age and physical attraction. In the context of the recommendation of this paper, it is imperative that dating partners spend enough time to learn of their potential partners expectations and needs before committing to a relationship. The Evolution Theory suggests that the different genders have evolved to have unique needs that must be considered in a relationship for the sake of its survival and such needs can be learned over time. On the contrary, getting in a relationship without such knowledge or purely on the basis of physical attraction will lead to differences in expectations (Riela