Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Homophily, Physical Attractiveness, Visible Minority

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

In a longitudinal study, they found that of those mixed couples who met between 2005- We tend to be more attracted to people we"ve had repeated interactions with: mere exposure effect. We tend to like people similar to us. Homophily the tendency to have contact with people who share our social characteristics. The greatest homophily is by race and ethnicity, next being age and education. In canada, 3. 9 percent of couples are in a mixed union one being of a visible minority and the other is not. Couples are least likely to be the same on religion. Short term relationships are as homophilous as marriages and common law relationships. 54 percent of canadian couples now have the same education level. Almost 46 percent of canadians prefer a spouse that shares their religion and about 34 percent prefer someone who shares their ethnic background: one reason for this is that ethnic communities have traditionally lived compactly and separate.