the matching hypothesis Flashcards
1
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what is the matching hypothesis
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the theory that people form relationships with tthers who are equivalent in their physical attractiveness
2
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what was mursteins 1972 study?
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independant judges studied 175 couples, 99 real and 76 fake couples, on attractiveness
3
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what were the findings of murstiens 1972 study?
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the genuine couples recieved similar attractiveness, concluding that they’re are more likely to be attracted to eachother
4
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whar was fiengolds 1988 study?
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a meta analysis on 17 studies
5
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what were the findings of fiengolds 1988 study?
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a correlation between attractiveness and couples, supporting the hypothesis as they used actual couples, making it have high ecological validity,
