... likely to be a couple than people rated less similarly. Murstein carried out a study into the matching hypothesis and proposes we are attracted to people who match us in terms of physical attraction this could be due to a fear of rejection or to create balance between partners. Psychologists have argued that we may be attracted to people who score 10/10 but if we rate ourselves as average it is unlikely we would end up with them in a long term relationship. However these methods can also be criticized for their artificiality. Much of the research asks people to rate photos, usually just faces, this is not the way people develop relationships with real people as there is no interaction involved and is an over emphasis on immediate judgment. Silverman(1971) asked participants to rate levels of attractiveness of members of couples observed in lobbies and bars. There was remarkably similarity ...

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