Question

When Myrl and Becca began dating, people would talk about them quietly behind their backs. The conversations centered around the fact that Becca was judged to be highly attractive while most people thought that Myrl was relatively plain-looking. In this instance the couple seems to be dating in a way that violates the ________ hypothesis.

Answer 1

When Myrl and Becca began dating, people would talk about them quietly behind their backs. The conversations centered around the fact that Becca was judged to be highly attractive while most people thought that Myrl was relatively plain-looking. In this instance the couple seems to be dating in a way that violates the matching hypothesis.

Step-by-step explanation:

Matching hypothesis suggests that people are attracted to and form relationships with others who are familiar to them in physical attractiveness.People tend to become involved romantically with others who are quivalent in their physical attractiveness. Matching is pedictive of progress in a relationship.

As in the given scenario, as the conversations centered around the fact that Becca was judged to be highly attractive while most people thought that Myrl was relatively plain-looking. In this instance the couple seems to be dating in a way that violates the matching hypothesis.