Exam 3 Flashcards
What is Attraction?
Anything that draws two or more peoiple together
What are some results of Attraction?
Social acceptance, liking, respect, approval, inclusion
What is rejection?
One person pushing another away
What are some results of rejextion
Exclusion, ostracism, dislike, disresopect, dissapproval
Humans hae a natural need to _____
belong- humans hae an elemental need for meaningful and supportive social relationships
What do we prioritize over comfort healt and safet/?
Relationships
What factors dictate the likelihood two people will form a relatioship/
Ingration, and similarity
What is ingartion?
Actions intended to make others like you
What is similarity?
People like people who are similar to themselves in important wats
In relationj to attraction and how do you get people to like you, what is self monitoring/
Ability to change one’s behavior for different situations
What is high v low self minitoring
High: Maximizr each social situation
Low: Intrest in poermanent connections and feelings
What is the Propinquity effect also known as?
The proximity effect
What does the Propinquity effect state?
The best predictor of who you like is physical proximity to you
What previous concept we have discussed is similar to the Propinqity effect?
Mere exposure effect
What di the festinger et al study of 1950 find?
Married student housing complex at mit
17 2 story buildings 10 apts per building
couples qwere randomly assign ed and tracked over time
What did the Moreland and Beach study of 1992 find?
Had female confederates go into a class 0 5 10 15 times a semester and had students rate the attractivness oif the student
In relation to physical attractiveness what is the Halo Effect?
Attractiveness grants bonus points to other categories, intlegience and humor
In relation to rejection what is ortacism?
Being excluded rejected and ignored
In relation to the effects of rejection, what are some examples of inner reactions?
Pain, illness, depression, suicidal thought, eating disorders, helplessness, and promiscuity
What is rejection sensitivity?
Tendency to expect rejection from others and become hypersensative to possible rejection
In relation to the effects of rejected people they have worse intelligent thought greater hostile cognitive bias less prosiocial behavior, greater cheating and rule breaking grwater impulsiviy and higher aggression, T O F?
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What is Lonliness?
Painful feeling of wanting more human contact or connection than you have
doesnt refer to the amont of time spend alone
insufficient contact wt others
In relatio to lonliness tome spentwith others does not ______ needs
Satisfy
What do humans have an elemental need for?
Meaningful and supportive social relationships
Being socially isolated is worse for your health than what?
Obesity / pollution/ and smoking
What is social pain?
Social exclusion/ isolation activates physical pain pathways
In relation to social pain, hysical painkillers reduce pain of ____
rejection
Social pain impairs ____
health
In relation to social pain impairing health, it _____ stress hormones, _____ inflamation and ________ immune response
Relase, increase, amd reduces
According to the slide what are the sex difference in parental investment?
Women: Higher biologicval investment in offspring bc limited capacity to reproduce
men: unlimited capacity to reproduce
What is a major domain in evolutionary psychology?
Ev psych proposes : goal of hman behaviro is to transmit genes
The brain is composed of psychological mechanisms that solve ?
Adaptive challenges
Babies stae and miore _____ faces than unattractive faces?
attractivce
`Situational circumstances can change ratings of attractiveness (people see each other as more attractive after they have grown to like them, men rate their wives/girlfriends as less attractive if they have recently looked at Playboy or Penthouse models).
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What were the results of the fettignger study?
There was a strong negative correlation between physical distance between residences and amount of social interaction: more distance => less interaction.
The single best predictor of whther two people will get together is ?
Physical proximity
In relation to social pain- Several researchers have suggested that based on the importance of social connection for human survival, the ____ ____ system—which ensures social connection—may have piggybacked directly onto the physical pain system.
social attachment
When people experience social rejection (a form of social pain; MacDonald, 2009), they?
Comonly use words that are ientical to thoise used to describe physical pain
EX: People feel hurt crushed or pad
More recent evidence confirms that physical and social pain exhibit similar patterns of activation in the ?
Brain for people
What is close relationship just another term for?
Romantic rtelationships
What are exclusive dudaic relationships?
Relationships with 2 or more people
WHat are some examples of exclusive or dudiac relatioships?
Open, polyamor, swingers
Relationships may be ___ term or ___ term
long or short
What is equity theory?
There has to be an equal give and take between partners
cost and benefits,
contributions made by both parties
In equity theory what do people waeigh?
Do the costs outweigh the benefits
What is the investment model consist of
Ones’ satisfaction, alternatives, and other incvestments determine commitment level and the future stay or leave decision
What did the investment model devlop out of?
kelly and thibauts interdependence theory
What was interdepencence theory?
how much people need a relatinship in order to acheive various dsired goals
What does the investment model predict?
Satisfaction commitment and relationship stability
In relation to investment model, what is exchange?
Calculating costs and benefits?
What is a simplistic view of the Invstment model?/
– if a relationship provides lots of rewards and few costs, it will be more satisfying and you will be more committed to it.
In relation to the investment moidel- satisfaction = commitment will make the relationship ?
Last linfer
In relation to The investment miodel, what term describes “ are there generally more positives than negatives/?
Calculating costs and benefits
In relation to the investment model and comparing differences in costs and beneefits what are some exaples of this?
Do you deserve b etter was tyour last rleationship better
Benefits - costs- comarison levels =
Overall level of sa=atisfacvtion
What aree the perceptions of viable alternatives in relatio to invstment model?
Do you feel this is the only perspon who wpuld have you?
What is level of investment ?
Time monety children
Overall satisfaction = investment - alternatives=
commitment
Commitment is like a?
Behavioral intention to continue the relationship
Higher commitment=
More stable relationship
In relation to the evolutionary approach of attractiveness males emphasize— and females emphasize–
maels- physical atteactiveness and youth and number of partners
female- resoources, and dependability
In relatio to evolutinary approach of atractivesness and close relationships what is paternity uncertanty?
idek man- slide says, women more likely to be ivested in children because of gaurnteed genetic relatyedness
What is Mate poaching and mate gaurding?
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What is Passinate Love?
romantic love, strong feelings of longing desire and excitement toward a special person
What kind of love is “ mutual understanding and caring to make relationship succeed?
compassionate loive
Love is composed of what three ingredients?
Passion intamachya nd commitment
What is passion/
Emtotinal state charecterized by high bodiliy arrousal
Wht is intamacy charecterized by?
Feeling of closeness mutual understanding and mutual concern
What is “conscious dececion that remains constant?
Commitment
What does sternbergas triangle show?
A diagram for interperting the different types of loves through the proxy of intimacy, passion and commitment
What doi the statistics show on frwuency of intercourse after marriage?
For most couples, sex is most frequent during the first month and first year after their wedding and declines after that. Breaks in the lines above indicate gaps in data. Source: James (1981).
In relation to gender and sexual desire?
More men than women report high sexual desire on almost every measure, but some differences are bigger than others.
People in and out of relationships envy each other t o f?
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People in relatinships:?
Have more frequent sex, stronger support sstem and predictable romantic pattnerq
People out of relationships:
Have more secual partners
more time and energy on each sex act
have fewer demands and commitents on their resources
What dioes the suffocation midel of marriage state before the 1960s?
Marriage was an economic partnership
fuffiled basic needs, hifher needs met elsewhere
What does the suffocation model of marriage in modern day state?
Marriage satisfaction in decline,
arriage has to fufil all needs
What does attachment theory state about infant attachement?
Crries survival benefirs
develops as mother respons to infants needs and provides a dependable bade from which the inant can explore and retreat from threat
What does secure attachment mean in the stranger situation?
Distress at mothers departure and happy enthusiasm at return
What are insecure attachments in relaton the stranger situation?
ANXIOUSNESS AND AVOIDANT
What is anxious?
Usually upset at departure, approach rejction and angr
What is avoidant
calm at departure avoidance and rejection at return
What does the parenting style predict?
Attachment styles
In relation to atachment styles what are the styles?
Constantly supportive, cold distant, and inconsisyent
In relation to parenting styles what percentage of the childs attachmen t is associated with
conssitently supportive
cold distant
and inconsistent
consistent- secure 65%
cold distaqnt- avoiant 25%
inconsistent - anxious 10%
What are charecteristics of secure people
More happy; friendly; trusting; longer lasting
Mental model of love: It’s real and it stays
What are charecteristics of avoidant people
Less accepting of lovers’ imperfections
Mental model of love: Cynical, romantic love doesn’t last
What are thye charecteristics of ambiivlent people?
Obsessive; preoccupied; extremes of emotions, sexual attraction, and jealousy; love at first sight
Mental model of love: Falling in love is easy, but doesn’t last
What is stabiity?
Moderately stable across time.
Prototype for close relationships arises in infancy and persists in the face of new experience.
Those who are insecure may have periods of felt security.
What is specificity?
People demonstrate different patterns for relationships in different contexts (close friends, groups).
Three attachment styles: anxious/ ambivalent (A), secure (B), and avoidant (C) from a one-item measure. Source: Hazan and Shaver (1987?
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Whatr are implicit theoriues of relatinshipS?
Destinity v growth beliefs
represent a resiliency factor in relationships in terms of commitment / conflict.
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growth beliefs
What did destinty belefs grow out of?
Intelligence and achievement literature
What are the four phases of the braeak u[p?
1- intrapersonal- somethings wrong with relationship
2- dyadic- discuss problem with partner
3- social- announce break up
4- intra[erspna; - recpvery
In relation to breakup pitcomes, breakees lonliness depression and physical are less because they feel
broke it up
The breakees report more?
lonliness depression and physical disorder
Break ups can acgtivate senory components of pain?
t o f – t
Whatr are implicit theoriues of relatinshipS?
Destinity v growth beliefs
represent a resiliency factor in relationships in terms of commitment / conflict.
?
growth beliefs