Relationships

Question 1

What is the ‘matching hypothesis’ and who came up with it?

Answer 1

Walster et al (1966) - people who are similar end up together (e.g the more socially desirable someone is - physical attractiveness, social standing, intelligence - the more desirable they expect their partner to be

Question 2

What are notions of realistic choices?

Answer 2

1) desirability of the potential match

2) probability of the person saying “yes”

Question 3

How did Walster investigate the matching hypothesis theory?

Answer 3

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