How Could New Technologies Like the Internet Decrease the Importance

question 2

Multiple Choice

How could new technologies like the Internet decrease the importance of propinquity in mate selection while preserving or even increasing the importance of homogamy?

• A) by bringing people together from all over the world based on similar interests or backgrounds
• B) by making it obvious to most people that their best chance for marital satisfaction may be with a type of person they have never met before
• C) by masking some of the characteristics of potential mates until the two people have met
• D) by allowing social networking sites to connect individuals to more and more residents of their hometowns

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