Friendship And Love Flashcards
What is the social penetration theory
Role of self disclosure. As get closer disclose more personal info. Increases with intimacy.
What are the gender differences in friendship
Wright?
Intimacy-men are less intimate than women.
Wright-men have aide by side and women face to face. But all do share with sam sex friends.
Physical-men engage in less. Conform to social standards.
What is passionate love?
What do Hatfield and Walter say?
Passionate love is the intense longing for another person in early stages of relationship. Increased dopamine-arousal.
Hatfield and Walster-three conditions-understand what love is, meet someone who fits criteria, when thinking of partner have arousal.
What is compassionate love?
More enduring love that replaces passionate love. Lives entwined and shared experiences.
What did Simon and Eder find?
Did in depth interviews with adolescent females and found four norms: moderation in love, suppression of feelings towards attached other, monogamy, continuous love
What factors are involved for relationship satisfaction?
Social exchange and equity-contribute equally, personally rewarded.
Intimacy-caring, understanding and validation. The more they let partner know about empathy the happier.
Perceived concealment-degree to which keep secrets.
Social comparison-when happy and compare to others.
Attachment-attachment as child can affect later relations. Preoccupied attachment-high in anxiety and feel not good enough for love. Dismissing avoidant-high in avoidance and find people difficult to trust. Fearful avoidant-high on avoidant and anxiety. Low self esteem and don’t trust.
What’s the investment model (rusbutt)
Commitment is dependent on three factors:
High satisfaction, investment size and low percieved quality of others. Engage in Maintenence strategies when in happy relationship
What are the stages of breakdown in the relationship dissolution model? (Duck)
- Intrapsycic-think about problems.
- Dyadic-decision to do something
- Social-network of support
- Grave dressing-getting over
What factors can affect how you get over relationship?
Attachment style, partner initiated and rejection sensitivity.
