- Summarize the research on the role of physical appearance in attraction.
- Identify the characteristics men and women look for in a potential partner for a long-term relationship.
- Discuss evolutionary and social psychology’s views of the different characteristics men and women desire in their mates.
- Analyze how the “matching hypothesis” accounts for partner choice.
- Describe the influence of attitudinal compatibility on attraction and on relationships.
- Define reciprocity and describe its effect on attraction and on maintaining relationships.
- Discuss the four Greek concepts of love: storge, agape, philia and eros.
- Identify the characteristics of and male-female differences in romantic love.
- Discuss three contemporary models of love and the associated explanations of the origins of love.
