Influence Of Culture On Romantic Relationships

Question 0

Zeki

Answer 0

Supports SIMILARITIES:
MRI scans dhow that an area of the brain is active in people who claim to be in love suggesting love is biological so there will be no difference across cultures

+scientific evidence

Question 1

Buss

Answer 1

Supports cross-cultural SIMILARITIES. 37 cultures: questioned men and women about factors of attraction: found men look for physical attractiveness and women look for status/finance/physical attractiveness

-sample bias average age 23
+Big sample

Question 2

Myers

Answer 2

Found in India people in arranged marriages are no less satisfied than American couples in voluntary marriages

-SDB would they say if dissatisfied?

Question 3

My Best Friends Wedding

Answer 3

Research suggests that media can influence our idea of the ideal partner. People who watched MBFW tended to have an idealized view of romance.

Supports DIFFERENCE because non westernized countries don’t have same / any media exposure

Question 4

Fiji Study

Answer 4

1995 TV introduced. Changed perception of what is attractive. Curvy to thin. +MEDIA/DIFFS

Question 5

HSU

Answer 5

Observed practices in Japan and concluded that westernized norms if discontinuity were 100% against Japanese notion that relationships should be permanent/change is suspicious. TRADITION. HERITAGE. HONOUR.