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A perceiver's ability to postdict whom a person selected as a dating partner as well as the types of cues utilized by the perceiver to make this judgment were examined. Segments of a television matchmaking series were used. It was found that perceivers accurately postdicted whom a dater selected, although these judgments were not related to the compatibility of the couple. As predicted, perceivers used physical attractiveness to select dating partners.
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Chapdelaine et al. (1999) studied this question.
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