The common view in social science of love relationships is not that opposites attract but that like attracts like. People fall in Jove with others who share their interests and whose personalities are similar. Hill, Rubin, and Peplau found only slight support for this view. On a great many characteristics, couples were not alike. On others, couples were only somewhat alike. Couples did tend to be about the same age, to be equally good looking, to have similar IQ scores, to be of the same religion, and to want the same number of children. But on each of these things, quite a few couples differed from one another. In fact, on only one question did most agree: on whether they were in love.
Yet other things that would seem as important turned out not to matter. Those who stayed together differed not at all from those who broke up in how alike they were on religion, sex role ideas, beliefs about sex, idealism, or the number of children they wanted. Surely, one might suppose that marked difference in sex role attitudes could cause friction or that religious differences might lead to breakups. But there was no evidence of this.
1. The subject of article is_______.
B. similarities within couples
D. patterns in marriage and divorce
A. was proved false
C. was definitely proved
1. The subject of article is_______.
B. similarities within couples
D. patterns in marriage and divorce
A. was proved false
C. was definitely proved