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

O'Brien, Eileen; Foley, Lara

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ERIC Number: EJ633774

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Publication Date: 1999

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

O'Brien, Eileen; Foley, Lara

Teaching Sociology, v27 n2 p145-49 Apr 1999

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)

Descriptors: Active Learning, Dating (Social), Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Mate Selection, Relevance (Education), Social Influences, Sociology, Student Reaction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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