How Could New Technologies Like the Internet Decrease the Importance

question 31

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 very 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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