Factors affecting attraction in romantic relationships: Filter theory

Question 1

What is social demography?

Answer 1

Kerckhoff and Davis proposed that factors such as proximity and education level reduce the field of availables

Question 2

What is the similarity in attitudes?

Answer 2

Bryne described law of attraction as being due to similarity, produces a field of attraction

Question 3

What is the complimentary filter?

Answer 3

Each partner being able to contribute a trait the other lacks becomes more important than similarities later on in relationship

Question 4

Support from research evidence

Answer 4

Winch found similarity in early stages of most satisfying relationships, and complementary came later

Question 5

How does it fail to be replicated?

Answer 5

Times have changed and also original theory wrongly assumed depth was related to duration of relationship

Question 6

Direction of cause and effect

Answer 6

Anderson found partners in satisfying relationships become more similar as time goes on

Question 7

Lack of temporal validity

Answer 7

Online dating has reduced importance of first filter

Question 8

Similarity or complementary?

Answer 8

Similarity in long-term couples may be more important than the third filter