FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Naphazoline, Passing Fancy, Philia
30 Jan 2015
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Attraction similarity hypothesis: physical attractiveness and other traits are similar to their own - attitudes and cultural attributes similar. Our partners tend resemble us in race, ethnicity, age, level of education and religion. 95 percent of canadians pick partners from their own racial background. Propinquity we tend to come into contact with people whose background is similar to ours and they have similar attitudes than people from other backgrounds. Women place more value on similar attitudes, men value physical attraction. Physical attraction we are not willing to learn about others attributes if we are not attracted to them. Key factor in considering dates, sex and long term relationships. We assume attractive people have more socially desirable personalities and more likely to be happier and more successful than less attractive people. Women tend to pick 15 cm taller than them, men pick 11cm shorter. Slenderness, small wasted women regardless of weight, 0. 7 waist to hip ratios.
