Formation of Relationships (WJEC)
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- Formation of Relationships
- Matching Hypothesis: We choose people who are the same level of physical attractiveness as ourselves
- Walster (1966): Dance study: 376 students independently judged on physical attractiveness and social desirability. Randomly assigned dates.
- Did not support Matching Hypothesis
- Walster & Walster (1969) Dance Study repeated: However students were able to meet beforehand and we allowed more time to think of their perfect mate
- Did support Matching Hypothesis.
- Murstein (1972): examined photographs of engaged and dating couples and found the pair were similar in levels of physical attracivenss
- Did support Matching Hypothesis
- Evaluation: Towhey (1979): males and females were asked to judge how they thought they would like a person dependant on a photograph and their geographical location
- Those who scored higher on the macho scale were more influenced by physical attractiveness compared to those who scored lower on the macho scale who almost ignored physical attractiveness
- Matching Hypothesis includes other attractive features such as intelligence and wealth
- Walster (1966): Dance study: 376 students independently judged on physical attractiveness and social desirability. Randomly assigned dates.
- Social Exchange Theory: All relationships work on a cost - rewards scale
- Thaibult & Kelley (1959): argued four stages: 1: Sampling 2: Bargaining 3: Commitment 4: Insitutalisation
- Suggests that those with more previous bad relationships will put up with more
- Hartfeild (1979): found that an overprivaliged partner felt guilt while an underprivileged partner had the lowest level of satisfaction
- Married couples had the highest level of satisfaction
- Evaluation: Theory assumes that everyone is selfish and self centered and applies more to a casual relationship
- Rewards matter more to females than males
- Socio - Biological Theory: The survival of genes
- Suggests that males and females seek relationships who are more likely to produce healthy children but men prefer younger females who are more fertile
- Applies to families (Kin Selection)
- Fellner & Marshall (1981)
- 86% Of Parents would give a kidney for a child
- 67% of children would give a kidney for a parent
- 50% of children would give a kidney to a sibling
- Matching Hypothesis: We choose people who are the same level of physical attractiveness as ourselves
- Socio - Biological Theory: The survival of genes
- Suggests that males and females seek relationships who are more likely to produce healthy children but men prefer younger females who are more fertile
- Applies to families (Kin Selection)
- Fellner & Marshall (1981)
- 86% Of Parents would give a kidney for a child
- 67% of children would give a kidney for a parent
- 50% of children would give a kidney to a sibling
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