Tuesday, September 26, 2017

"Mating clues revealed by speed dating"/ age gap

Apr. 5, 2015 "Mating clues revealed by speed dating": I cut out this article by Sarah Arnquist in the Edmonton Journal on Jul. 6, 2009.   It was also published in the New York Times.  Here's the whole article:  

Scientists have long observed that women tend to be pickier than men when choosing a mate. The usual explanation is evolutionary: because women have a bigger investment in reproduction — they are the ones who have to endure pregnancy, childbirth and breast-feeding — they need to hedge their bets against selecting a dud to be the father.

In recent years, the emergence of speed dating has given psychologists, economists and political scientists new ways to test this and other hypotheses about mating. Because participants can be randomly assigned to groups and have no prior information about other participants, three-minute speed-dating sessions are about as close to a controlled experiment as researchers are likely to get.

Now, two scientists at Northwestern University have published an experiment that challenges the evolutionary hypothesis. The study by Eli J. Finkel and Paul W. Eastwick was published last month in the journal Psychological Science.The experiment looked at speed-dating sessions to determine whether men or women were choosier. The answer, it turned out, was neither. Regardless of gender, people who were instructed to approach other daters were less selective — that is, they were more likely to ask to meet later for a date.

Dr. Finkel and Mr. Eastwick write that this does not mean men were just as selective as women. But the scientists suggest that the explanation for the gap lies in social conditioning rather than evolution.

By making the first move, a person gains confidence and then finds more people attractive, the theory goes. Culturally, men are expected to approach women more often, which may boost their confidence and make them less selective. Citing what social psychologists call the scarcity principle, Mr. Eastwick and Dr. Finkel write that “individuals tend to place less value on objects or opportunities that are plentiful than those that are rare.” By contrast, they say, women are accustomed to being approached, which may make them feel more desirable and thus more selective.

Scientists have also used speed-dating experiments to examine the tendency for people to mate with people like themselves. A 2006 paper by economists at the University of Essex in England analyzed data from 3,600 male and female speed daters to see if people selected mates with similar traits, like height and education, because that is what they prefer or because they are most likely to encounter them in the dating market.

The economists, Michèle Belot and Marco Francesconi, found that men’s preferences for occupation, height and smoking had little effect on whom they asked out. Those factors also did not matter to women, but age did.

In homogeneous environments, Dr. Belot and Dr. Francesconi wrote, people are more likely to marry others like themselves, while more diverse communities are likely to produce more varied pairings.
“Mating requires meeting,” they wrote. “The pool of potential partners shapes the type of people to whom subjects propose and ultimately with whom they form long-term relationships.”

People narrow their market opportunities, the economists suggested, by selecting for height, weight and age, which tend to be proxies for socioeconomic status.

So how does a person increase the odds of crossing paths with someone who matches his or her preferences? Maybe by tapping into social networks. In “Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives,” a book to be published in September, Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis of Harvard Medical School and James H. Fowler, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego, argue that dating is not a random process.

They cite a landmark 1992 Chicago sex survey of 3,432 adults ages 18 to 59, which found that 68 percent of married people in the survey reported meeting their spouse through a friend, family member or other mutual acquaintance.

“If you are single and you know 20 people reasonably well, and if each of them knows 20 other people, and each of them knows 20 other people,” Dr. Christakis and Dr. Fowler write, “then you are connected to 8,000 people who are three degrees away. And one of them is likely to be your future spouse.”


Aug. 7, 2016 Age gap: I found this on Yahoo:

Couples with five years apart were 18% more likely to break up than partners of the same age, and ten years between partners meant a 39% higher chance of a split.

Things look even worse for lovers who are twenty years apart, who were found to have a 95% chance of going their separate ways. In contrast, a one year gap gave you just a 3% of breaking up.

But, reassuringly, Hugo Mialon, one of the study’s researchers, said: “It could just be that the types of couples with those characteristics are the types of couples who are, on average, more likely to divorce for other reasons.”

Don’t panic, there’s no need to go narrowing your age range on Tinder just yet

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/this-is-the-ideal-relationship-age-gap-according-100041554.html

My week:

Sept. 18, 2017 Resume tip: I had went to TopResume and they did a free critique of my resume.  They said "References: Available on request" should be removed.

My brother P said he has that on his resume, and I'm sure a lot of people do too.

I removed it from my resumes.  I also changed a line in my cover letter.

Ziprecruiter: Have you heard of this job website?  I signed up earlier this year.  They seem to be sending the same job ads like for Sykes Canada where you work from home.

This website is not good.

Sykes Canada: I click on the Ziprecruiter ad and it leads to this Careebuilder website:


http://www.careerbuilder.ca/jobs/customer-service/edmonton/customer-service-representative-work-from-home/j9076p6q5ywhfqmncql/?showNewJDP=yes&utm_campaign=publisher-delta&SiteID=sep_cbc004_delta&utm_source=ziprecruiter.com&utm_medium=aggregator


Careerbuilder.ca: There seem to be a lot of staffing agencies on this site.  Lots of job sites have staffing agencies listed, but there are companies there too.  CareerBuilder.ca, you have to really look for a job ad that is from a company.

Sept. 19, 2017 Applify: Today I found this website for companies and people who are looking for job applicants:


Pay-Per-Applicant

Manage costs by only paying when someone applies.

http://www.applify.ca/

Kijiji: This is the website I go to everyday and look for a job.  I have gotten jobs and job interviews from there.

Indeed: This is the website I go to everyday and look for a job.  I have gotten job interviews here.

Monster: Now I'm going through my emails where I get these job alerts.  There are lots of staffing agencies too.  There are lots of companies, but I can go to that company's website and apply there. 

I don't usually go to this site, so that's why I'm going to it now.  I have never gotten job interviews here because I don't go to this site. 

Sept. 20, 2017 Workopolis: Have you ever gotten a job or job interview from this site? 

I don't usually go to this site, so that's why I'm going to it now.  I have never gotten job interviews here because I don't go to this site. 

Job articles: I mentioned that I read the Edmonton Journal and the Globe and Mail to read  job articles and tips on how to get a job. 

Are there other websites where I can read good job articles?

Workopolis does email me some articles.

https://careers.workopolis.com/category/interviewing/

Sept. 22, 2017 Monster: This is a good article:


Chan International Model and Talent Agency: This is probably the most interesting thing that happened to me all week.  On Tues. night I got a call on my cell phone from them.  Last month I had stopped by their table and filled out an application and had my photo taken when I was at West Ed mall to pass out resumes.

I did want to be an actor as a kid and teen.  Then my parents wouldn't let me go to Victoria Performing Arts school and then I decided to become a TV writer and producer.

I then went to the appointment.  The receptionist told me that 60 people were at the booth, and I was the top 20 who got a free $1200 scholarship to go to this modeling/ acting class.

I went to the appointment and got more info.  It turns out 2 people got the full scholarship of $2000 to have free 10 classes (1hr and 30 min) for 10 weeks.  They're at night on a Sat. or Sun. The other 18 would have to pay $800 and a $75 admin. fee.

I talked to the president of it, Mary Chan.  She seems nice.

The class was about how the modeling business works, etiquette, how to meet clients and read commercial scripts.  This is Edmonton so the work would be part-time.

My opinion: I thought I was going to have free classes and instead I would have to pay $800 for it. 

If I were to spend a lot of money on something, the questions are:

1. How much do you really need this?
2. How much do you really want this?

These are classes so the questions are:

1. Are these skills and what you learn really helpful?

It comes down to that I'm not that interested in modeling to take this class.  I am not that interested in putting time, effort, and money into this.

Filmmakers meetup: It's not like going to these fun meetings to talk about filmmaking, TV and movies.  30 min. bus ride.  1 hr of hanging out.

Pupillary: Word Origin


adjective
1.
of or relating to a pupil or student.


Midnight, Texas: I saw the whole first season.  It was average and fun to watch.  If it gets a season 2, I may watch it if it comes out during the summer.  This site says it has a low chance of getting renewed. 

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/midnight-texas-nbc-cancelled-renewed-season-two/

21 Thunder: I saw the whole first season.   It was average and fun to watch.  If it gets a season 2, I may watch it if it comes out during the summer.  I only watch it for Edmonton actor Kyle Mac.  If he's in the 2nd season, I would probably watch it.

Sept. 24, 2017 Somewhere Between: I just finished watching the season 1 finale.  It was really good.  I went into the show with low expectations and it was fun and entertaining.

There is lots of mystery and running around.  If there is 2nd season I would probably watch it.

TV comparisons: 

A group of teens or twenty- somethings are partying.  One or all of them either kill or accidentally kill someone and they all have to cover it up.  They all cover it up because their futures and lives are at stake:

I saw this on in the movie I Know What You did Last Summer and the TV movie What We Did That Night.  I really had to look up that TV movie.  I remembered Tara Reid was in it:

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170801/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_50

It was done on the TV shows Castle and The Mentalist.  It was also done on the Veronica Mars movie.

I want to add:

There is a picture or film of all the friends killing or doing something bad at the time of murder to implicate them:

It was done on Somewhere Between and the Veronica Mars movie. 

This site says there is a low chance it will be renewed.

Greyston Holt: This actor who plays Kyle stood out the most to me.  He was a supporting character who played guy who was bad and good at the same time.  There was depth to him. I have seen him before on other shows like Durham County, but on this show he really stood out to me.

It says here he is from Calgary and his birthday is Sept. 30, 1985.


https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/somewhere-between-cancelled-renewed-season-two-abc/

Zoo: I also saw the season 3 finale.  I liked it.  The show is so crazy and full of action.  The show is very global and the characters have to save the world.

"Despite a 30% drop in the ratings, CBS chose to renew its Zoo TV show for a third season, rather than cancel it. Can the network turn things around and regain some audience, or will this  summer TV series go the way of the Dodo? Will Zoo be cancelled or renewed for season four? Stay tuned."

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/zoo-season-three-ratings/


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