In the article, “Online Dating: A Critical Analysis from the Perspective of Psychological Science” by Eli J. Finkel, Paul W. Eastwick, Benjamin R. Karney, Harry T. Reis informs the audience of the history of online dating. Human matchmakers are the first form of matchmaking that was commonly used and are still impacting people today (Finkel, Eastwick, Karney, Reis, Sprecher). Through parents, and friend’s matchmaking has served as the “scientific” outcome in an online dating website. Commercial matchmakers work with a limited amount of people, focusing on getting to know them personally; working with their experience and intuition to match people (Finkel et al.). Not only could someone relay on: parents, friends, and commercial matchmaker, but also pen pals that were popular during the Civil War. Being overseas and only having contact with some of the men on board, and losing all connection to the world can be difficult. Therefore, having a pen pal helped these soldiers stay connected to the world and potentially connecting with
In the article, “Online Dating: A Critical Analysis from the Perspective of Psychological Science” by Eli J. Finkel, Paul W. Eastwick, Benjamin R. Karney, Harry T. Reis informs the audience of the history of online dating. Human matchmakers are the first form of matchmaking that was commonly used and are still impacting people today (Finkel, Eastwick, Karney, Reis, Sprecher). Through parents, and friend’s matchmaking has served as the “scientific” outcome in an online dating website. Commercial matchmakers work with a limited amount of people, focusing on getting to know them personally; working with their experience and intuition to match people (Finkel et al.). Not only could someone relay on: parents, friends, and commercial matchmaker, but also pen pals that were popular during the Civil War. Being overseas and only having contact with some of the men on board, and losing all connection to the world can be difficult. Therefore, having a pen pal helped these soldiers stay connected to the world and potentially connecting with