The entireset of potential romantic partners, all the people we could realistically form a relationship with
Field of desirables
From the field of available, those who are attractive to us
Law of attraction
The idea that we find similarity of attitudes attractive
Complementarity
Similarity becomes less important as a relationship develops and is replaced by a need for your partner to balance your traits with opposite ones of their own
Proximity
One of the socialdemographic factors that influence the chances of potential partners meeting in the first place
Beliefs and values
Partners will often share important beliefs and values. This is initially due to the fact that the field of available has already been narrowed by the first filter to those who have significant social and cultural characteristic in common with us. Similarity in beliefs and values is considered attractive
The ability to meet a partner’s needs
This is about the complementarity filter. Two partners complement each other when they have traits that the other lacks and may be attracted for this reason
