Hello and welcome to your class blog. Use this space to continue discussions from classwork or to post interesting links that you may have found.
Here's one to get you thinking...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/sep/03/psychology.humanbehaviour
What do you think?
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ReplyDeleteI personally think that the findings could suggest that people are attracted to people with similar characteristics to their parents or people who have cared for them growing up, such as foster parents, because they feel as safe and secure as they did with their guardians whilst growing up. I think this because, if you were raised by a person, and they cared for you your whole life, you are bound to feel protected around their presence, so being attracted to someone with similar characteristics may suggest that they feel comforting around that person as they resemble their loved ones. I also think that they are attracted to someone who resembles a member of their family of the opposite sex because the majority of people are heterosexual, so it is natural to be attracted to the opposite sex. I would be interested to see this study on someone homosexual or bisexual.
ReplyDeleteWhat about if your parents weren't caring or good to you growing up? How would that affect this research?
ReplyDeleteI have the same opinion with Christiana.Throughout their childhood,the people who care for them,their mother and father,have great impact on them.They remember the good memories of them with their parent.So they tend to choose a partner that have a similar face structure to their parent because that person reminds them of their childhood,their happy time.And so they feel like they are being cared for,they feel happy being around with that person.
ReplyDeleteBut that can only be true most of the time in that case. In case of their parents weren't caring or good to them in the past,they will have a different reaction towards the person that have the similar face structure.I think that they would be afraid of that person and would try to avoid that person. Sometimes,the impact of their parents in the past is too strong that could cause them to even hate that person.
in my opinion,this research should be extended out into different cases,like what Christiana said above,so it could be more accurate.I think this research is still a bit vague.
We did talk about this on Monday's lesson.
ReplyDeleteThe result of this research relies completely on the memories of an individual about their parents. That's why the guy in our case study shot the dude who looked like his father.
There is no conclusive evidence whether a person may or may not choose their mate depending on the resemblance that person holds to their parents.
There have been researches about the nature of attraction, and it was said that there are certain physical features of a gender that all from the opposite gender find attractive. The proposed theory does not cover nor explain cross racial marriage.
And Christiana made a valid point, theoretically, if a person is attracted to anyone who looked like their parents, would it matter if they're of the same sex.
In which rise another question: is it possible that sexual preferences can be altered when a scenario like this happen, even if the person is heterosexual before?
I'm guessing that this would be theoretically common because we live with our parents every day and love them so when we find love, we normally find people who are common with our parents personalities or looks as we are used our parents actions/looks. If parents don't treat us right and we see a person who looks liek our parents, we tend to have this fear for them and therefore in the end might just avoiding them. However, these studies cannot be 100% fact as it just may be a factor of "might" and people might not actually be looking for partners who look/act like their parents.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think about this issue is that this may not always be true. Because parents are very nice, kind, and caring to their children "mostly", and children live with them for very long time during their life. Which makes them have a thought of "parents are nice", that also creats them an unconscious mind of "people who are like parents will be nice like my parents too". But what if a child's parents were always busy, did not care about the child and ignored the child the whole life? Will that child like a women/men whoever looks like their parents? So I think it depends on whether a person likes their parents or not.
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