Mate Selection Process

Question 1

Marriage and Family – alternate, if you can’t find the documentary above: Many Americans claim to believe that “love is blind” and that romance can spring up anywhere, as long as two people have chemistry. Chapter 14, however, argues that Cupid’s arrow is largely aimed by society. What social factors play into the mate selection process? Explain.

Then, do some research on how other societies view and practice love and marriage, particularly within bi-cultural families, such as those who immigrated to the US in recent generations and are attempting to juggle a fine balance between customs in the US, and those of their native countries. Be sure to relate how some of these phenomena relate to the concepts presented in the text for this chapter, and remember to include citations to your sources within your paper, and at the end via a Works Cited or Bibliography.

Lastly, examine your own relationships (past, present, anticipated future, etc.) and discuss how these social factors influenced your own mate selection. Do you see any patterns in the people you tend to date and/or the circumstances? Describe these phenomena from your life in sociological terms from the text.

Question 2

After examining the assigned readings psychoanalytic and CBT models, submit a discussion post addressing the evolution of these approaches from individual-based applications to systems-based applications. To address this question, reflect on the historical evolution of these models and provide at least one example (for each model) of a systems-based question or intervention that you would ask/use while working from these theoretical perspectives.

Length: 200-400 words

Your response should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the

ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new

thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response

should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.