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Mind Map by (umbr)ella, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by (umbr)ella
over 10 years ago
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Similarity Theory AO2
- Personality
- CASPI AND HERBNER:
found real-life married
couples with similar
personalities tended to be
happier
- CASPI AND HERBNER:
found real-life married
couples with similar
personalities tended to be
happier
- Attitudes
- Attitude alignment
occurs with partners
modifying attitudes to
become more similar
- Attitude alignment
occurs with partners
modifying attitudes to
become more similar
- Dissimilarity
- ROSENBAUM: Suggests
dissimilarity is more important
in determining whether a
relationship will form
- Studies in USA and Singapore
established that people where first
attracted to similarities but when they
got to know each other better and
found dissimilarities they were less
attracted
- ROSENBAUM: Suggests
dissimilarity is more important
in determining whether a
relationship will form
- Limitations
- YOSHIDA: pointed out that this theory only really
focuses on personalty and attitudes. SPEAKMAN:
found people often choose partners with similar
levels of body fat
- YOSHIDA: pointed out that this theory only really
focuses on personalty and attitudes. SPEAKMAN:
found people often choose partners with similar
levels of body fat
- Why is it important?
- CONDON AND CRANO: Assume people similar
to us are more likely to like us so we lessen the
chance of being rejected. When people share
beliefes and attitudes it validates them and is
rewarding.
- CONDON AND CRANO: Assume people similar
to us are more likely to like us so we lessen the
chance of being rejected. When people share
beliefes and attitudes it validates them and is
rewarding.
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