Friendships and Peer Relationships Flashcards
Social animal; mutual attachments enabled group survival
Aristotle
Relationship that has existed across historical times in all types of societies
Friendship
View friendships as more voluntary, individual-oriented, and spontaneous than collectivists
Individualists
Friendships are long-term and involve obligations such as connection and economic support.
Collectivist Culture (China)
Belonging to a peer group (barkada) is an important aspect of one’s social life.
Collectivist Culture: Philippines
Most influential aspects of adolescent development
Peer groups
Smooth interpersonal relations
Pakikisama
How one relates to classmates, schoolmates, group-mates
Peer relation
Beliefs among members of a culture about what behaviors should or should not perform
Rules of relationship
Posits that human relationships are formed by a cost-benefit analysis
Exchange Theory (Homans 1961)
Emotional support, party planner, assignment saver
Benefits
Giving time, spending money
Cost
People wants fairness in the relationship; “give and take”.
Equity Theory
People prefer harmony and balance; how relationships with several other match, or balance.
Balance theory
Premise and self-disclosure
Social penetration theory
Development of a relationship is closely tied to systematic changes in communication.
Premise
Process of revealing personal information to others
Self-disclousre
Aspects of communication
Breadth (variety of topics), depth (personal significance)
Reciprocity, responsiveness, taboo topics
Social penetration theory II
Process of communication; person matches the other one’s level of disclosure
Reciprocity
Extent of understanding, caring, support and respect
Responsiveness
Sensitive matters that may threaten the relationship
Taboo topics
Too much self-disclosure in the beginning is predictive to greater dislike by 6 months.
Curvilinear relationship
Choose this over cynicism.
Compassion
