Matching+Hypothesis

toc = Definition: = The notion that people tend to have lovers or spouses who are similar to themselves in physical attractiveness and other assets. Gen Psych, Chapter 14, Pg. 443

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=In the News:= [|Out Of My League: A Real-World Test Of The Matching Hypothesis] This study was conducted to try to establish if online daters chose to date people who they perceive to have similar levels of socially desirable traits ‘in their league’ or if this is not an important element of the dating process. The results were different for men and women but ultimately it confirmed that a good looking profile picture will attract anyone regardless if they are ‘in your league’ or not.

[|The People You Date Are the People You Can Date, Science Says] Good news for people who date people! Generally, the people you want to date are people who might want to date you, people of the same "desirability" and/or "hotness"! Does this, perhaps, seem sort of untrue based on your recent dating history? Well, that must be because you are choosing people who don't want to date you -- people who are, for lack of a better phrase, "out of your league." That is unnatural, a bastardization of humanity, akin to a duck falling in love with a dog. A scientific study out of the University of California, Berkeley, has determined that, in online dating at least, couples were attracted to each other based on a similar level of attractiveness and social desirability. This is called the "matching hypothesis," or "how the world works, sometimes."

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