factors affecting attraction-self disclosure

Question 1

self disclosure

Answer 1

revealing personal info about yourself

romantic partners reveal more aboout themselves as relatiosnhip develops

can strengthen romantic bond when used appropriately

Question 2

social penetration theory

Answer 2

gradual process of revealing inner self to someone else, giving away deepest thoughts and feelings

romantic realtiosnships, involves reciriocal exchange of information between partners

one partner reveals something about themselves
signals i trust you
to go further, other partner must reveal sensitive info

more they disclose, more they penetrate into eachotehrs lives

Question 2

onion analogy

Answer 2

relationship progresses, more layers of onion removed

must be recipricol
such exhange showes trust

Question 3

breadth and depth of self disclosure

Answer 3

both increase, romantic partners become more committed

start of relationship, what we reveal is superficial on the surface
-low risk info we would reveal to anyone

breadth of disclosure is narrow as many topics are off limit
if we reveal too much could be classed as ‘TMI’ could threatn relaitosnhi before its even really started

eventually, cna reveal more high risk ingo e.g past experineces

Question 4

a03 self disclosure

Answer 4

Support from research methods-laurenceau

Cultural diffrences-Tang

Question 5

strength-support from research studies

Answer 5

laurenceau et al

used method involvin gwirting daily diary enteries

found that self disclosuer in a partner was linked to higher leves of intimacy in long term married couples

reverse was also true
les intimate couples self disclosed less often

strength as suggests breadth and depth of self discosure are predictble of the intimacy and quality o romanctic relatiosnships

Question 6

weakness-cultural differences

Answer 6

Tang et al

social penetration therory us not applicable to all cultures

he concluded men and women in the us (indidivudals) self disclose much more sexual thoughts then men and women in china (collectivist)

weakness as shows self disclosure is limited expnation on romantic relatiosnships

Question 7

factors affecting pshycial attraction-physical attracitvness

Answer 7

shckelford and Larson

found that people with symetrical faces rated more attractive
honest signal of genetic fitness
(difficualt to fake)

also found peoeple with baby faces seen as more attractive (smooth chin, small nose and widely seperated eyes)
trigger protective instice, valuable resource for females wanting to produce

Question 8

halo effect

Answer 8

suggests we have a tendancy to associate highly attractive people with preconcived disportiantayl postive charcterstics e.g wealth
even tho these may not be linked

more liekly to veiew attractive people as kind,strong social compared to unattractive people

idea that good loooking people are more leilly to have these charctersics makes us more attracted to them-self fullfilling prospheracy

Question 9

matching hypothesis

Answer 9

striking balacne between attractivesss of mate and realistic chnaces of attaining mate

choose romantic partners who are roughly the same attractivness as us

desire most attractive people for evolutonery resons but balance this against fear of being rejected by sometone out of league, someone very unlinkey to consider us phically ttractive

diffreence in between what we would like in partner and what we are prepared to settle for

Question 10

A03 for pshycial attractiveness

Answer 10

strength-role of cultural differences

weakness-contradicting research for matching hypothesis

Question 11

strength-role of cultural differences

Question 12

factors affecting attraction-filter theory

Answer 12

filter theory-

Question 13

filter theory

Answer 13

explanation of relationship formation

suggests there are several important criteria that helps us sift through potential partners and chose the right one
filter includes social dwmography, simialrity in attitudes and compelmetatirty

Question 14

social demography

Answer 14

wide range of factors that infleunce chnace of meeting partner in first place
e.g
georgaphical location
social class

Question 15

simialrity in attitutudes

Answer 15

find partners who share our basic values attractive in early stages of realtiossnhip

encourages deeper communication and promotoes self disclosure

Question 16

complemetrairty

Answer 16

concerns abaility to meet eachothers needs

simialrity becomes less important

replaced by need to balance out traits with opppsite ones of their own

Question 17

a03 for filter theory

Answer 17

strength-research support for filter theory

weakness-limiation of filter theory

Question 18

strength-research support for filter theory

Answer 18

winch

foudn that initial siialries in beliefs and attitudes were citied as one of the main attractive features in partners of repsondents

strength as shows even in modern age, filter throy and matching hypotehsis are still avldi explantions of relatisonhip formation

Question 19

weakness-limiation of filter theory

Answer 19

only considered valid explantion before increased use of the internet and online dating

means our field of desires are increased
we are not restricted to social demography e.g georgrpahical locations
have ability to communicate with potentical partner before meeting them

Question 20

theories of romantic relaitosnships-SET social exchnage theory

Answer 20

economic theory of how relaitosnships form and develop

partners in relaitosnships strive to maxime rewards and minimise costs

Question 21

rewards costs and profit

Answer 21

ideas of rewards and costs are subjective
what considered costly to one person may be considered low cost or even reward to someone else

also value of rewards and costs may change ethroughout relatiosnship
what seen as rewarding or costly, may be seen as less as time goes on

Question 22

comparison level

Answer 22

based on persons idea of how much rewards they deserve to receive in relationship

percpetion becomes more sophisticated through expierence

may be influenced by social factors e.g books, Tv shows

Cl closely linked to persons self esteem
high self esteem will have higher expectations pf what they feel they should receive
low esteem will have lower expectations
person will only pursue relationship if comparison level is equal to or below prevsious elaitosnships

Question 23

comparison level for alternatives

Answer 23

concerns perception of whether other pitential realtiosnships or being alone would be more rewarding then current relaitosnjips

will only stay in current relaitosnship, if more rewarding then alternatives

if costs outweigh rewards, alternatives become moer attrctive

duck said if people feel they are connent in relaitosnhip they may not even notice other potential alternatives