Interpersonal Relationships Flashcards

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In the early days, what was the predominant view of relationships, love and marriage?

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  • Belonged to the field of love not science
  • Result of a mystic attraction, fatalistic
  • Unhappy marriages - failures due to mistaking infatuation of love or else blame placed on bad luck or fate
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Who are we attracted to?

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  • Proximity (convinient and familiar)
  • Physical attractiveness (bias for beauty)
  • Reciprocity (liking those who like us)
  • Similarity (liking those that are like us)
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What is Sternberg’s assessment of love?

Sternberg, 1998

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  • 45 item Triangular Love Scale
  • intimacy subscale = warmth, support, self-disclosure and trust
  • passion subscale = intense, physical and exciting elements of relationships
  • commitment = feelings of stability, commitment and permanence
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What is Sternberg’s relationship type when there is;

Low intimacy, low passion, low commitment

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Non-love

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What is Sternberg’s relationship type when there is;

High intimacy, low passion, low commitment

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Liking

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What is Sternberg’s relationship type when there is;

Low intimacy, high passion, low commitment

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Infatuation

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What is Sternberg’s relationship type when there is;

Low intimacy, low passion, high commitment

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Empty Love

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What is Sternberg’s relationship type when there is;

high intimacy, high passion, low commitment

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Romantic Love

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What is Sternberg’s relationship type when there is;

High intimacy, low passion, high commitment

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Companionate love

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What is Sternberg’s relationship type when there is;

Low intimacy, high passion, high commitment

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Fatuous Love

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What is Sternberg’s relationship type when there is;

High intimacy, high passion, high commitment

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Consummate love

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What is a secure attachment?

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low dependence/anxiety, low avoidance

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What is an anxious/preoccupied attachment?

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high dependence/anxiety, low avoidance

negative view of self, positive view of other

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What is a dismissing-avoidant attachment?

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low dependence/anxiety, high avoidance

positive view of self, negative view of other

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What is a fearful-avoidant attachment?

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high dependence/anxiety, high avoidance

negative view of self, negative view of other

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What are some assessments of attachments?

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  • Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ; Simpson & Rholes, 1996)
  • Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ; Feeney, Noller, & Hanrahan, 1994)
  • Relationship Styles Questionnaire (RSQ; Griffin & Bartholomew, 1994)
  • Experiences in Close Relationships (ECR; Brennan, Clark & Shaver, 1998) and revised version (ECR-R, Fraley, Waller, & Brennan, 2000)
  • Adult Attachment Interview and other related interviews
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What are the subscales of Spanier’s (1976) Dyadic Adjustment Scale?

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  • Dyadic consensus
  • Dyadic satisfaction
  • Dyadic cohesion
  • Affectional expression
18
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How many items in Spanier’s (1976) Dyadic Adjustment Scale?

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32 in the most commonly used version

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What is self-regulation?

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  • refers to those processes, internal and/or transactional, that enable an individual to guide his or her goal-directed activities over time and across changing circumstances (contexts).
  • implies modulation of thought, affect, behaviour, or attention via deliberate or automated use of specific mechanisms and supportive meta-skills (Karoly, 1993, p. 25)
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What does self-regulation predict in relationships?

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satisfied couples have a dynamic and changing pattern of interaction produced through self-directed relationship change, rather than engaging in standard, ‘typical’ relationship behaviours (Halford, 1998)

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How many items and scales are in the Behavioural Self-Regulation for Effective Relationships Scale (BSRERS)?

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  • 16 items

- 2 scales: strategies and effort

22
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What are the Love Languages (Chapman, 1995)?

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○ Acts of service
	○ Physical touch
	○ Words of affirmation
	○ Quality time
	○ Gift giving
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What is mental load?

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is mental work performed by an individual for the benefit of themselves or others, irrespective of
physical task performance.

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How are emerging suggestions about mental load contributing to relationship satisfaction?

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  • Some people are happy to take on a greater mental load
  • Others prefer to take on less
  • Hypothesis is that if you take on the amount you want, you will be more satisfied OR if your partner recognises your mental load, you’ll be more satisfied.
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How to control mental load for relationship satisfaction?

Stamp & Hazelwood, 2020

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  • Planning and strategising
  • Monitoring and anticipating needs
  • Knowing
  • Managerial thinking
  • Self-regulating