BBC NEWS — Feb 15 — Scientists are planning to stage a mass speed dating experiment to discover whether opposites really do attract. They are seeking 200 people to take part in the event, which will be part of this year's Edinburgh International Science Festival in April. The study is being carried out under Professor Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire. FULL ARTICLE @ BBC NEWS
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“whether opposites really do attract” AND “They are seeking 200 people to take part in the event, which will be part of this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival in April.”
Possible FUTURE TRENDS / NEW DISCOVERIES on Theories of Romantic Relationships Development.
• Homophily dominates human attraction but “It seems that what is important in attracting people to one another may not be important in making couples happy.” Also conclusions from scientific papers obtained using small samples (small scale of researching) seems to not be valid with real world (large scale of researching), e.g. Big Databases of (actual and future/to_be_launched_soon)
Serious OnLine Dating Sites == big samples == more than 100,000 persons involved.
• Temporal patterns of relationship variables: combination of physique, personality, intelligence, social background, attitudes, habits and leisure preferences may indeed play a significant role between mates / prospective mates:
-Early stage of temporal patterns: a combination of high level of infatuation, fantasy, passion, physical attraction between prospective mates.
-Middle stage of temporal patterns: a considerable degree of similarity on social background, attitudes, habits and leisure preferences between mates.
-Last stage of temporal patterns: If only high level on personality similarity between mates / couples could be the core of relationship stability and satisfaction == Dyadic Success.
• Complex mental processes (successful relationships based on a mental set arrangement) could be only exceptions for “couples by convenience” and not for “romantic couples” i.e. old rich man with young pretty lady.
• Longitudinal approach will be “a must” in any research, and cross-sectional research must be discarded because does not take into account temporal patterns of relationship variables.
• Big-5 (like N, E, O, A, C; Costa & McCrae) will not be enough any more to evaluate Couple Similarity between prospective mates; and the complete inventory, 16PF5 test or similar like IPIP-NEO, must be used.
A previous research:
“HURRYDATE: MATE PREFERENCES IN ACTION” could be read from http://www.weeden.info/paper/hurrydate.pdf http://www.weeden.info/papers.htm
Interesting to see: If its conclusion only shows EARLY STAGE INTENSE ROMANTIC LOVE or also could be “people’s INFATUATION and FANTASY”! i.e. The conclusion of this paper can not be applied to any serious dating method.
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina. ardenghifer@gmail.com
Here is the link to another interesting and MUST READ paper:
“STATED VERSUS REVEALED MATE PREFERENCES” Working Paper http://www.psych.upenn.edu/PLEEP/pdfs/Unpublished%20Manuscript%20Kurzban%20&%20Weeden%202005.pdf
Abstract: The availability of self_reported mate preferences for people who had participated in speed dating events afforded the possibility of comparing participants’ stated mate preferences with their preferences as revealed by their selection of events to attend and their selection of potential partners at these events. We find that our participants showed usual sex differences and assortative patterns when stating their mate preferences and that our participants’ decisions to attend particular events were coherently related to these advertised mate preferences. However, decisions within events were largely not related to advertised preferences, except with regard to race. These analyses suggest that self_reported preferences predict behavior in the mating domain in some contexts but not others. We conclude by speculating that proximate cues of the speed_dating environment might disrupt the connection between stated and revealed mate preferences.
At page 15 “WHEN PARTICIPANTS APPROACH THE SPEED DATING WORLD, THEY DO SO IN THE CONTEXT OF A LONG_TERM MATING PSYCHOLOGY that is consistent with that found in prior studies on stated mate preferences. This long_term mating psychology influences not just decisions to advertise preferences, but also decisions to attend particular events. Up to the point at which the participants walk through the door, we have every reason to believe that they are driven by a typically reported long_term mate selection psychology. ONCE THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE EVENT, however, we have every reason to believe that PARTICIPANTS NO LONGER BEHAVE CONSISTENTLY WITH THEIR LONG_TERM MATE PSYCHOLOGY BUT INSTEAD SHIFT TO A SHORT_TERM MATE PSYCHOLOGY, WHERE PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS DOMINATES, where sex differences are minimal (other than sex differences in the criteria that determine physical attractiveness), and where niche_based or assortative concerns no longer matter much.”
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina. ardenghifer@gmail.com
Also there is a paper named “GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MATE SELECTION: EVIDENCE FROM A SPEED DATING EXPERIMENT”, although the experiment was designed to directly observe individual decisions rather than just final matches. Most probably the Decision Formula they had invented (a sum of different regressions) is wrong, because speed dating involves INFATUATION and FANTASY as part of EARLY STAGE INTENSE ROMANTIC LOVE and they can not measure that!. http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/rfisman/datingFULL-EK1.pdf
and the survey is http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/rfisman/Dating_Survey.pdf
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina. ardenghifer@gmail.com
“whether opposites really do attract” AND “They are seeking 200 people to take part in the event, which will be part of this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival in April.”
Possible FUTURE TRENDS / NEW DISCOVERIES on Theories of Romantic Relationships Development.
• Homophily dominates human attraction but “It seems that what is important in attracting people to one another may not be important in making couples happy.” Also conclusions from scientific papers obtained using small samples (small scale of researching) seems to not be valid with real world (large scale of researching), e.g. Big Databases of (actual and future/to_be_launched_soon)
Serious OnLine Dating Sites == big samples == more than 100,000 persons involved.
• Temporal patterns of relationship variables: combination of physique, personality, intelligence, social background, attitudes, habits and leisure preferences may indeed play a significant role between mates / prospective mates:
-Early stage of temporal patterns: a combination of high level of infatuation, fantasy, passion, physical attraction between prospective mates.
-Middle stage of temporal patterns: a considerable degree of similarity on social background, attitudes, habits and leisure preferences between mates.
-Last stage of temporal patterns: If only high level on personality similarity between mates / couples could be the core of relationship stability and satisfaction == Dyadic Success.
• Complex mental processes (successful relationships based on a mental set arrangement) could be only exceptions for “couples by convenience” and not for “romantic couples” i.e. old rich man with young pretty lady.
• Longitudinal approach will be “a must” in any research, and cross-sectional research must be discarded because does not take into account temporal patterns of relationship variables.
• Big-5 (like N, E, O, A, C; Costa & McCrae) will not be enough any more to evaluate Couple Similarity between prospective mates; and the complete inventory, 16PF5 test or similar like IPIP-NEO, must be used.
A previous research:
“HURRYDATE: MATE PREFERENCES IN ACTION” could be read from
http://www.weeden.info/paper/hurrydate.pdf
http://www.weeden.info/papers.htm
Interesting to see: If its conclusion only shows EARLY STAGE INTENSE ROMANTIC LOVE or also could be “people’s INFATUATION and FANTASY”! i.e. The conclusion of this paper can not be applied to any serious dating method.
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
Here is the link to another interesting and MUST READ paper:
“STATED VERSUS REVEALED MATE PREFERENCES” Working Paper
http://www.psych.upenn.edu/PLEEP/pdfs/Unpublished%20Manuscript%20Kurzban%20&%20Weeden%202005.pdf
Abstract: The availability of self_reported mate preferences for people who had participated in speed dating events afforded the possibility of comparing participants’ stated mate preferences with their preferences as revealed by their selection of events to attend and their selection of potential partners at these events. We find that our participants showed usual sex differences and assortative patterns when stating their mate preferences and that our participants’ decisions to attend particular events were coherently related to these advertised mate preferences. However, decisions within events were largely not related to advertised preferences, except with regard to race. These analyses suggest that self_reported preferences predict behavior in the mating domain in some contexts but not others. We conclude by speculating that proximate cues of the speed_dating environment might disrupt the connection between stated and revealed mate preferences.
At page 15 “WHEN PARTICIPANTS APPROACH THE SPEED DATING WORLD, THEY DO SO IN THE CONTEXT OF A LONG_TERM MATING PSYCHOLOGY that is consistent with that found in prior studies on stated mate preferences. This long_term mating psychology influences not just decisions to advertise preferences, but also decisions to attend particular events. Up to the point at which the participants walk through the door, we have every reason to believe that they are driven by a typically reported long_term mate selection psychology. ONCE THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE EVENT, however, we have every reason to believe that PARTICIPANTS NO LONGER BEHAVE CONSISTENTLY WITH THEIR LONG_TERM MATE PSYCHOLOGY BUT INSTEAD SHIFT TO A SHORT_TERM MATE PSYCHOLOGY, WHERE PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS DOMINATES, where sex differences are minimal (other than sex differences in the criteria that determine physical attractiveness), and where niche_based or assortative concerns no longer matter much.”
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
Also there is a paper named “GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MATE SELECTION: EVIDENCE FROM A SPEED DATING EXPERIMENT”, although the experiment was designed to directly observe individual decisions rather than just final matches. Most probably the Decision Formula they had invented (a sum of different regressions) is wrong, because speed dating involves INFATUATION and FANTASY as part of EARLY STAGE INTENSE ROMANTIC LOVE and they can not measure that!.
http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/rfisman/datingFULL-EK1.pdf
and the survey is
http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/rfisman/Dating_Survey.pdf
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com