Are there any age and sex differences in the perception of romantic behaviour?
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Subject: PSY 203 - Social Psychology Assignment: Experimental report: 'Are there any age and sex differences in the perception of romantic behaviour?' Name: Vanessa Jantina Neil Student number: 11170071 Course: Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) For: Peter Strelan Submitted: Friday 17th October 2003 Acknowledgements: For all the helpful support from Peter Strelan and all the students on the subject forum :) Thankyou Abstract 280 couples ranging in age from 18 - 79 completed a 'Questionnaire on attitudes to Romantic Acts'. Comparisons between males and females proved physically intimate romantic acts the most highly ranked, with 'making love' the most highly ranked for males and 'cuddling' and 'hearing/saying I love you' the most highly ranked for women, simular to previous studies. There were no considerable differences found in how participant's ranked romantic acts and rated importance scores. An interesting finding was that as female participants grew older, physically intimate acts of romance became less important. Are there any age and sex differences in the perception of...

