More attracted to good looking individuals, due to perception of genetics and physical health e.g. facial symmetry, being better for reproduction
Halo Effect
People who are physically attractive are assumed to be successful in other areas of like e.g. intelligence, producing positive interactions acting as a self fulfilling prophecy of success
Matching Hypothesis
Cannot mate with most attractive members of society
Couples have similar levels of attractiveness
Go for similar levels to avoid pain of rejection
Choose partners based on them not going to leave us
(+) A03: Murstein (1972)
8 Judges rated individuals from 197 couples according to attraction
Found couples to have similar levels of attraction
(+) A03: Modern
More applicable theory to modern day society due to many dating websites focusing on visual cues of physical attractiveness to match couples
(-) A03: Short Term Hypothesis
Only applicable in the short term due to focus on physical attraction initially, it needs inclusion of relationship exchange as a longterm explanation
