Factors Affecting Attraction: Filter Theory
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- Factors Affecting Attraction: Filter Theory
- Partner Choice:
- Field of Availables: Everyone who could be a potential romantic partner.
- Field of Desirables: Filter Theory narrows down field of availables, to those we are attracted to.
- Kerckhoff and Davis (1962)
- Social Demography - 1st Level of Filter
- Factors influence the chances of potential partners meeting.
- Factors Include: social class, level of education, proximity, and religion.
- Vast range of potential partners, the realistic field is narrower.
- Choices are constrained by social circumstances
- Individuals who are 'too different' are discarded.
- Homogamy outcome = likely to partner with individual similar to ourselves.
- Factors influence the chances of potential partners meeting.
- Similarity in Attitudes - 2nd Level of Filter
- Similar attitudes are important to the development of a romantic relationship.
- Only for couples of less than 18 months.
- Early stage of relationship = agreement on basic values.
- Encourages greater and deeper self-disclosure.
- Byrne (1997)
- Similarity causes attraction as the law of attraction.
- If similarity doesn't exist, relationship is likely to fizzle out.
- Similar attitudes are important to the development of a romantic relationship.
- Complement-arity - 3rd Level of Filter
- Romantic partners must meet each other's needs.
- Partners compliment each other when they have traits that the other lacks.
- Complement-arity = more important for long-term relationships.
- This is attractive because if gives couples feelings of 'togetherness'
- Adds depth to relationship.
- Partner Choice:
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