1. Ch 11: Attraction
Part 2: Apr. 15, 2015

2. Mate Selection Beauty standard vary but some universal issues:
General preferences:
Evolutionary explanation about attractiveness judgements?

3. Evolution & Mating Research based on evolution…
Female vs. Male preferences in heterosexual relationships:
Results of FSU study of 3 direct requests of men/women?
“Would you go out with me tonight?”
“Would you come over to my apartment tonight?”
“Would you go to bed with me tonight?”
Gender differences in responses to the 3 requests?

4. Criticisms of the evolutionary approach –
Access to power?
More similarities than differences?
Self-report data?

5. First Encounters: Online Meeting
On-line dating
Naturally forming relationships
Networked relationships
Targeted relationships
Examples of each of these 3 types?

6. Initiating Relationships: Internet (I) vs. Face-to-Face (F)
Levinger’s model of relationship development:
1) awareness of other –
same or different for I vs. F?
2) surface contact –
3) mutuality –

7. Factors leading to attraction online:
Person (P) factors – do people who seek partners online differ?
Other/Partner (O) factors –
PxO interaction – how do sites create ‘matches’?
Gender differences in matching hypothesis for online relationships?