Explaining Behaviour: Example - Romantic Relationships

Question 1

What Is Our Self-Concept?

Answer 1

How we perceive ourselves.

Question 2

What Are Self-Schemas?

Answer 2

How we feel about and how we perceive ourselves.

Question 3

What Hypothesis Are Self-Schemas Particularly Important In?

Answer 3

The Matching Hypothesis

Question 4

What Is The Matching Hypothesis?

Answer 4

A hypothesis that states that how we perceive our own physical attractiveness will influence who we want to engage in relationships with. We are attracted to those who we feel match us in terms of physical attraction.

Question 5

What Does The Matching Hypothesis State Will Happen If Our Self-Concept Is Strong?

Answer 5

We will try to form relationships with highly attractive others.

Question 6

What Does The Matching Hypothesis State Will Happen If Our Self-Concept Is Weak?

Answer 6

We will not try to form relationships with highly attractive others, out of the fear of rejection.