1. Ch 11: Attraction Part 2: Apr. 14, 2014

2. Mate Selection Beauty standard vary but some universal issues: – General preferences: – Evolutionary explanation about attractiveness judgements?

3. Evolution & Mating Research based on evolution… – Female vs. Male preferences in heterosexual relationships: – Results of FSU study of 3 direct requests of men/women? “Would you go out with me tonight?” “Would you come over to my apartment tonight?” “Would you go to bed with me tonight?” – Gender differences in responses to the 3 requests?

4. Criticisms of the evolutionary approach – – Access to power? – More similarities than differences? – Self-report data?

5. First Encounters: Online Meeting On-line dating Naturally forming relationships Networked relationships Targeted relationships Examples of each of these 3 types?

6. Initiating Relationships: Internet (I) vs. Face-to-Face (F) Levinger’s model of relationship development: – 1) awareness of other – same or different for I vs. F? – 2) surface contact – same or different for I vs. F? – 3) mutuality – same or different for I vs. F?

7. Factors leading to attraction online: – Person (P) factors – do people who seek partners online differ? – Other/Partner (O) factors – – PxO interaction – how do sites create ‘matches’? Gender differences in matching hypothesis for online relationships?