Editing Matching hypothesis (section)

=== Shaw Taylor ''et al.'' (2011) ===
Shaw Taylor performed a series of studies involving the matching hypothesis in online dating. In one of the studies, the attractiveness of 60 males and 60 females were measured and their interactions were monitored. The people with whom they interacted were then monitored to see who they interacted with, and returned messages to. What they found was different from the original construct of matching. People contacted others who were significantly more attractive than they were. However it was found that the person was more likely to reply if they were closer to the same level of attractiveness. This study supported matching but not as something that is intentional.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Shaw Taylor|first=L.|author2=Fiore, A. T.|author3= Mendelsohn, G. A.|author4= Cheshire, C.|title="Out of My League": A Real-World Test of the Matching Hypothesis|journal=Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin|date=1 June 2011|volume=37|issue=7|pages=942–954|doi=10.1177/0146167211409947|pmid=21632966}}</ref>