Filter Theory
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- Created on: 01-12-17 14:07
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- Filter Theory
- Kerchkoff and Davies
- Used 94 students in a relationship for less than 18 months with those in a relationship for over 18 months
- Using self-report questionnaire, looking at shared values & attitudes, and the need complement
- Seven months after, couples were asked about how close they felt to each other compared to at the start.
- They found that attitude similarity was the most important up to 18 months
- In long term couples complement of each others needs became the most important.
- There are five filters that affect choice
- Similarity- Most people will come into contact with people from the same social or cultural background.
- Physical Attraction - How good looking someone is
- Complement of Needs- we are often attracted to people who can give us what we lack.
- Proximity- people will form a relationship with people close to them.
- Competence- How intelligent and competent one appears.
- There are also three other filters
- Most of those we meet are of a similar social class, education level and ethnicity.
- The first filter is the fact that we only meet few people in our area (proximity)
- The third filter is based on psychological (internal) factors which include beliefs and values + personality
- Evaluation
- Perceived similarity - actual similarity is not as good as perceived in predicting relationships
- Research support - Levinger repeated the study above with 330 couples and found no similarity
- Complementarity of needs - C of N is not as important for women. More similarity than complementarity.
- Real Value - Duck said that filtering allows people to make future predictions not invest in bad relationships
- Values, needs and role preferences change over time. E.g. cohabitation and LGBT.
- It is a theory that states we choose romantic partners by using filters to reduce the options
- Kerchkoff and Davies
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