The Dating Game: An Exercise Illustrating the Concepts of Homogamy, Heterogamy, Hyperogamy, and Hypogamy

Describes the "Dating Game," an exercise for use in marriage and family courses that enables students to learn about the theories of mate selection by simulating random mating. States that the dating game helps make mate selection concepts relevant to the students' lives. Discusses th...

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Published inTeaching sociology Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 145 - 149
Main Authors O'Brien, Eileen, Foley, Lara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beverly Hills American Sociological Association 01.04.1999
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Active Learning
Age
Age Differences
Attendance
Dating
Dating (Social)
Dating services
Education
Educational Facilities Improvement
Educational Strategies
Endogamy
Epithets
Ethnicity
Evaluation
Experiential learning
Games
Gender
Higher Education
Homogamy
Intermarriage
Interracial relationships
Learning
Lectures
Males
Marriage
Mate Selection
Numbers
Parents
Peer Groups
Political Affiliation
Relevance (Education)
Same sex marriage
Siblings
Social Characteristics
Social Class
Social dating
Social Influences
Social Networks
Social Status
Social theories
Socioeconomic Background
Sociology
Sociology Education
Student Improvement
Student Motivation
Student Reaction
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Trends
Volunteerism
Volunteers
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Summary:Describes the "Dating Game," an exercise for use in marriage and family courses that enables students to learn about the theories of mate selection by simulating random mating. States that the dating game helps make mate selection concepts relevant to the students' lives. Discusses the students' reaction to the exercise. (CMK)
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ISSN:0092-055X
1939-862X
DOI:10.2307/1318700