Filter Theory Flashcards
1
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Filter theory
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FIELD OF AVAILABLES
1. Social demography
2. Similarities
3. Complimentary
FIELD OF DESIRABLES
2
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Who proposed filter theory
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Kerchkoff and Davies
3
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Social Demography
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- Geographical location
- Social class
- Level of education
- Ethnic group
- Religion
4
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Similarity in attitudes
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- there is a need for partners in the earlier stages of a relationship to agree over basic values
- this encourages greater and deeper communication and promotes self-disclosure
5
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Complementarity
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- ## meeting each others needs
6
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Anderson et al
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- found similarity increases over time suggesting complementarity is not necessarily a common feature of longer term relationships
7
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Davies and Rusbult
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- discovered an attitude alignment effect in longer-term relationships
- romantic partners over time bring their attitudes into line with each others, suggesting similarity is an effect of intial attarcation and not the cause
8
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Culture
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- based on western culture where we can interact with lots of people as we live in an urban setting there are more opportunities
