Research Has Shown That Individuals Gradually Filter, or Sort Out

question 75

Multiple Choice

Research has shown that individuals gradually filter, or sort out, those who they think would not make the best life partner; for instance, women place importance on potential financial success in a mate. This is an example of which concept?

• A) assortative mating
• B) stimulus-values-roles
• C) complementary needs
• D) role compatibility

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Definitions:

Great Compromise

An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that established a two-house legislature with proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation of the states in the upper house.

Connecticut Compromise

A key agreement during the drafting of the United States Constitution that balanced representation by giving states equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.

Constitution

The fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.

Anti-federalists

Opponents of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, fearing that a strong central government would endanger individual liberties and states' rights.