Dating + Mate Selection (CH.8)

Question 1

Dating

Answer 1

Only started in US in the 1900s to find marriage partner (also other reasons)

Question 2

Contemporary Dating

Answer 2

Hanging out, getting together in groups

Question 3

Hooking Up

Answer 3

Casual sexual encounter, varies in how sexual it is, no strings attached (friends w/ benefits)

Question 4

Filter Theory

Answer 4

We gradually filter out potenial partners (homogamy, propinquity, physical appearance, ethnicity + race, social class, religion, similar values)

Question 5

Homogamy

Answer 5

Date/Marry someone w/similar social traits (age, race)

Question 6

Propinquity

Answer 6

Live nearby

Question 7

Heterogamy

Answer 7

Dating, marrying someone different from self (age, race, social class, etc.)

Question 8

Hypergamy

Answer 8

Marrying up in social class

Question 9

Hypogamy

Answer 9

Marrying down in social class

Question 10

Interfaith Religion

Answer 10

Religion is less influential than race + ethnicity in who we marry

Question 11

Interracial/Ethnic Religion

Answer 11

Most of US marriages (african american: more likely to experience marriage crunch - fewer potential mates), (black W and asian M have low rates of intermarriage)

Question 12

Social Exchange Theory

Answer 12

We pick a partner who gives us fewest expectations and higher rewards

Question 13

Equity Theory

Answer 13

Relationship is happy + lasts if both partners see it as fair, equal exchange of resources, etc.

Question 14

Global View of mate selection: What factors come into play?

Answer 14

Wealth: Dowry ($, property bride brings to marriage), Bride Price ($, property that M’s family pays to brides family)
Arranged marriages
India, China: Shortage of single W

Question 15

Negative aspects of dating

Answer 15

Principle of least interest: person w/the least interest in the relationship has the most power in it
Dating Violence
Date Rape
Breaking up (M start dating quicker than W after a break-up)