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Interpersonal Attraction:
The Evolutionary Theory of Sexual Selection |
-Members of one sex compete among themselves for opportunities to mate
+one person chooses to mate with a specific person
+Some are more preferable than others |
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Interpersonal Attraction:
The Right Stuff: What Men Want
What are men concerned with according to evolutionists? |
Quantity |
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Interpersonal Attraction:
The Right Stuff: What Men Want
Men select women who possess what? |
fertility cues |
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What are 2 fertility cues women possess that Men's selections are based on? |
Physical attractiveness
Certain physiological features important |
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Interpersonal Attraction:
What are the two Reproductive Promises? |
Youth
The Language of Curves |
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Interpersonal Attraction:
Reproductive Promise: Youth |
Youth = attractiveness and beauty
Nip and tuck
-Surgical and non-surgical procedures on women and men increased dramatically |
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Interpersonal Attraction:
Reproductive Promise: The Language of Curves |
-Puberty signals changes in body shape for males and females
-Waist-to-hip ratio contributes to attractiveness
-Means women is capable of reproducing |
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Interpersonal Attraction:
The Right Stuff: What Women Want
Sexual Selection |
Sexual Selection - women more selective than men
-concerned with the quality of children
-look for positive genetic traits and characteristics |
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Interpersonal Attraction:
Women want man who... |
-Can provide and protect
-Is willing to provide and protect
-Attraction based on protector/provider cues |
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Interpersonal Attraction:
Women seek men who are/have..... |
Women seek men who are: -culturally successful
-Display dominant behaviors
-Ambition - determination and motivation
-Good financial prospects - ability for economic gain
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Social Exchange Theory Key Concepts: |
-All behavior is a series of varying exchanges
-All individuals seek to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs
-When rewards are received, the benefactor feels obligated to reciprocate
-Rewards minus costs equal the outcome of the interpersonal exchange |
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The Filter Theory of Mate Selection holds that.... |
We narrow the pool of all eligible partner candidates to select someone who is most similar to us.
Through our filter, we consider such things as geographical closeness, age, race, religious beliefs, physical attraction, and whether we think that person will reciprocate our feelings.
From here, we eventually select Mr. or Ms. Right |
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The Filter Theory of Mate Selection: Diagram |
Pool of Eligibles V Propinquity V Social V Attraction VV |
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What are the Filters in the Filter Theory of Mate Selection and their meanings? |
Propinquity: geographic closeness
Homogamy: someone who is similar to you
-Exogamy - outside a particular group
-Endogamy - inside a certain group
-Heterogamy - partners of different races |
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Filter Theory of Mate Selection:
Physical attractiveness filter..... |
individuals are attracted to those who are at least as attractive as they are |
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Filter Theory of Mate Selection:
Balance sheet filter.... |
refers to reciprocity
-look for someone who can offer us something others cannot |
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What are the Purposes of dating? |
Socialization: dating provides time for interaction
Recreation: provides time to enjoy each other's company and have fun
Mate selection: provides opportunity to compare and contrast personality traits of different people |
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What are the main areas that both men and women share in the Scripted Events for a Typical Date within the first year? |
Initiation V Activities V Outcomes |
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In the first year of Women's dating scripts, what is labeled under Initiation? |
-Talking -Meeting in public -Shared interest -Meeting in group -Man picks up date -Meet in common place -Casual interaction |
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In the first year of Men's dating scripts, what is labeled under Initiation? |
-Talking -Meeting in Public -Shared interest -Man picks up date -Call -Casual interaction |
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In the first year of Women's dating scripts, what is labeled under Activities? |
-Movies -Dinner -Talking -Shared interests |
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In the first year of Men's dating scripts, what is labeled under Activities? |
-Movies -Dinner -Shared interest |
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In the first year of Women's dating scripts, what is labeled under Outcomes? |
-Talking -Watching TV -Go back to the house -Kiss goodnight -Go home -Relationship development |
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In the first year of Men's dating scripts, what is labeled under Outcomes? |
-Talking -Go back to the house -Kiss goodnight -Go home -Relationship development -Take date home |
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Scripts for hypothetical date for Gay men: |
-Discuss plans -Groom/dress -Prepare (clean apartment) -Meet date at location -Get to know by talking -Talk/laugh/joke -Go to movie/show -Eat/drink (non alcohol) -Initiate physical contact -Make out -Make plans for another date -Take date home |
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Scripts for hypothetical date for Lesbians.... |
-Discuss plans -Tell friends about date -Groom/dress -Meet date at location -Leave for another location -Get to know by talking -Talk/laugh/joke -Go to movie/show -Eat/drink (non-alcohol) -Initiate physical contact -Make plans for another date -Kiss/hug goodnight -Go home |
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Scripts for actual dates for Gay men.... |
-Discussed plans -Was nervous -Groom/dress -Picked up date -Left for another location -Evaluated date -Went to movie/show -Ate/drank (non-alcohol) -Drank alcohol -Made out -Had sex -Stayed over -Made plans for another date -Went home |
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Scripts for actual dates for Lesbians... |
-Discussed plans -Was nervous -Groom/dress -Prepared (clan apartment) -Picked up date -Got to know date -Talked/laughed/joked -Went to movie -Positive feelings -Kissed/hugged -Took date home -Went home |
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What does Speed Dating do? |
Allows people to meet each other face to face and if they are interested, then they can arrange for a more extended date |
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How is internet dating changing the concept of dating? |
Internet chat rooms are replacing bars as a meeting place for available singles |
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What percentage of Sexual Acts in College Hookups involve: -Kissing and nongenital touching? -Hand stimulation of one or both persons' genitals? -Oral Sex? -Sexual intercourse? |
-Kissing and nongenital touching = 34%
-Hand stimulation of one or both persons' genitals = 19%
-Oral sex = 22%
-Sexual intercourse = 23% |
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Define "Hookin' up" |
physical interactions without absence or commitment or affection, gaining popularity on college campuses |
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Define "Friends with benefits" or "booty call" |
people who have regular sex but do not relate as a couple |
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Look at the diagram in Chapter 7 PP on slide 19 |
Chapter 7 slide 19 |
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Knapp's Relationship Escalation Model
Initiation |
couples present their public selves, observe the traits of the other person |
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Knapp's Relationship Escalation Model
Experimenting/exploration |
information gathering stage |
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Knapp's Relationship Escalation Model
Intensification |
formal interactions give way to less formal, more spontaneous conversation |
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Knapp's Relationship Escalation Model
Integrating |
become a couple and are identified as a couple |
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Knapp's Relationship Escalation Model
Bonding/intimacy |
couple reaches a shared level of interdependence |
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Duck's Relationship Filtering Model
Sociological or incidental cue |
a person's location or position |
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Duck's Relationship Filtering Model
Pre-interaction cue |
at a glance information helps to decide if they would want to date a person |
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Duck's Relationship Filtering Model
Interaction cues |
make assessments about whether they want to get to know someone better |
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Duck's Relationship Filtering Model
Cognitive cues |
when we decide to spend more time with someone, these cues tell us more about a person than just superficial information |
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Commitment is the result of 3 factors. What are they? |
-Growing satisfaction with each other's ability to meet and gratify important needs
-Decreasing reliance on friend and family to meet needs that the couple provides for each other
-Increasing investments in the relationship such as time, material resources and emotional/personal investment |
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With a long term orientation, there are three types of commitment. What are they? |
-Personal commitment: feeling, thoughts, beliefs about a life mate
-Moral commitment: a person's value and belief system
-Structural commitment: commitments bound by institutions such as marriage |
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What are the Distress Reactions to breaking up? |
-physical/emotional distress -Lost interest in sex -self-blame -guilt -partner blame |
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What are the Protest reactions to breaking up? |
-want/try to get back together -sexual arousal -anger/hostility/revenge -physically hurt -preoccupation -exploration/interference |
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What is Cohabitation? |
the living arrangements of unmarried, intimate partners |
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What do the rates of cohabitation vary by? |
-regions -religion -age -race -social class -educational attainment |
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Look at diagram on Chapter 7 PP slide 29 |
Chapter 7 slide 29 |
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Look at diagram on Chapter 7 PP slide 30 |
Chapter 7 slide 30 |
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Rates of Cohabitation by Race:
White African American Native American/Native Alaskan Asian American Latino |
White = 7.3%
African American = 16.9%
Native American/Alaskan = 17/4%
Latino = 10.9% |
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Look at diagram in Chapter 7 PP slide 32 |
Chapter 7 slide 32 |
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Does Cohabitation Work?
What is there about Relationship dissatisfaction and marital failure involved in Cohabitation? |
Cohabitation before marriage correlated with high relationship dissatisfaction and higher risk of divorce |
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Does Cohabitation Work?
What is there about Relationship Violence that is involved in Cohabitation? |
cohabitation before marriage has an increased risk of violence against women and children |
