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LECTURE 11: ENDING RELATIONSHIPS Flashcards

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Attribution

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Assessments of the cause of an action or behavior of other people
- Helps us predict what kind of stories we make

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Factors we consider when making assessments

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Locus of Control
Stability
Controllability
Intentionality

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Locus of Control (2 types)

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External

Internal

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Internal Locus of Control

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  • You are responsible

- The cause of the event rests with the actor

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External Locus of Control

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  • It rests with circumstances around you

- The cause of the event rests with the situation

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3 things you look at to see if it is INTERNALLY or EXTERNALLY locused

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  1. Consistency
  2. Distinctiveness
  3. Concensus
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Distinctiveness

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Behavior in question different in one situation than another?
Is this particular moment distinct from others

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Consensus

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Do others perceive the situation similarly

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You know other people who have had the professor you have currently and they say that the class sucked AGREEING with your opinion. 
What type of consensus is this?
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High Consensus

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You have a professor your friends have had in the past and they DISAGREE with your opinion.
What type of consensus is this?

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Low Consensus

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When all 3 characteristics are HIGH

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likely to attribute the behavior to EXTERNAL causes

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When all 3 characteristics are LOW

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Likely to attribute the behavior INTERNALLY

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Stable Attribution

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The cause of the event is ALWAYS present

- EX. Being late for a date at 6 because of traffic (rush hour)

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Unstable Attribution

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The cause of the event happens over time

- Being late for a date at 2 due to a bad accident (Unpredictable)

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Controllable Attribution

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The “actor” cannot affect the cause that influences an event

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Uncontrollable Attribution

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The cause of an event is beyond the “actor’s” influence

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Intentional

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The “actor” consciously CHOSE the action

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Unintentional

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The behavior was accidental

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GOOD excuses consist of…

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Unintentional
Unstable
Uncontrollable
External

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BAD excuses consist of…

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Intentional
Stable
Controllable
Internal

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Attribution Errors (6)

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  • Fundamental (outward focused)
  • Self-serving bias (inward focused)
  • Negativity bias
  • Positivity Bias
  • Distress Maintaining Bias
  • Relationship Enhancing Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error

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  • Something is negative, it is because you’re a bad person

- Something is positive = external

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Self-Serving Bias

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  • When I do something great its because I’m awesome

- When I do something bad it’s because of everything else around me

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Negativity Bias

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Making negative conclusions about the issue/people very quickly

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Positivity Bias

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When I need people, tend to see them in a positive light

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Distress Maintaining Bias

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If in a bad place, more inclined to make negative assessments about behaviors

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Relationship Enhancing Bias

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If in a good place, seem to be more positive toward behavior
- Rose Colored Glasses

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Social Exchange Theory

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Explains and predicts WHY individuals develop some personal relationships while ending others

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People want to ____ benefits and ____ costs

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Maximize; Minimize

Minimax principle

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Relational Rewards

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Anything that you find enjoyable

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Examples of Relational Rewards

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  • Companionship
  • Trust
  • Sex
  • Social Networking
  • Physical Commodities
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Relational Costs

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Anything you find unpleasant/can hinder you from achieving a goal

33
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Examples of Relational Costs

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  • Time required to keep the relationship going
  • Energy
  • The inability to be in other relationships
  • High expectations and you’re just not into it
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____ - ____ = Outcome

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Rewards - Costs = Outcome

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When Rewards outweigh the Costs, what is the outcome value?

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Positive Outcome Value

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When Costs outweigh Rewards, What is the outcome value

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Negative Outcome Value

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Comparison Level (CL)

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What you believe a relationship should be like vs. Reality

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Comparison Level of Alternatives

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What are the alternatives to staying in a relationship?

“I’m here… so what else can I get from this?”

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Outcomes&raquo_space;> CL = ____

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Satisfied

- You’re going to be happy! :)

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Outcomes «< CL = ____

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Dissatisfied

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Outcomes&raquo_space;> CLalt = ____

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Stay in the relationship

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Outcomes «< CLalt = ____

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Terminate the relationship

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Reasons for Relational Termination (9)

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  • Infidelity
  • Incompatibility
  • Alcohol & Drugs
  • Growing Apart
  • Loss of Love
  • WIthdrawal
  • Negative Communication
  • Lack of Openness and Intimacy
  • Abusive Communication
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Infidelity

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  • aka Cheating

- Number 1 reason for a marriage ending

45
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Incompatibility

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Opposites attract but that doesn’t mean they will stay together

46
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Alcohol & Drugs:

Not necessarily the actual usage of the alcohol or drugs, but all the things that it leads up to…

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Violence
Financial Stress
Job Instability

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Growing Apart

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  • Atrophy
  • Lack of relational Maintenance/Effort
  • Dissimilar Interests
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Loss of Love: Chronic dissatisfaction

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  • Always unhappy

- Nothing balances out

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Loss of Love: Temporary Dissatisfaction

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Only sometimes hence the temporary

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Loss of Love: Relationship Disillusionment

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  • Noticing Things that you don’t like half of the things that this person actually does
  • Realize you’re different in ways you didn’t know before
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Withdrawal

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  • Lack of support/listening

- Demand-withdraw conflict patterns

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Negative Communication

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  • Poor conflict management

- Negative emotional expression (Contempt, Sarcasm)

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Lack of openness and Intimacy

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  • lack of:
  • Emotional Connection
  • Physical Intimacy
  • Self-Disclosure
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Abusive Communication: Physical

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  • Intimate terrorism

- Common Couple Violence

55
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Intimate Terrorism

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Relationship defined as the presence of violence

Asymmetrical

56
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Common Couple Violence

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Event centered

Symmetrical

57
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Abusive Communication: Psychological

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  • Name calling
  • Passive aggressiveness
  • Consistency and level at which it is taken place at
58
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Patterns of Negotiating Commitment (4)

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  • Linear process
  • relational decline
    Upward Relational Progressions
  • Turbulent relational progressions
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Types of Post-Dissolutional Communication

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  • Positive Communication
  • Occasional/Circumstantial Communication
  • Rare, Awkward, or Negative Communication
  • Absence of Communication
  • No mention of P-D Communication
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Positive Communication (break up)

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  • Continue to talk to them and have a positive friendship

- Usually leads to getting back together

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Occasional/Circumstantial Communication

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Periodically run into each other and catch up

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Rare, Awkward, or Negative Communication

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  • The experience where one wants to rekindle the flame but the other does not
  • No longer able to have a normal conversations with your ex
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Absence of Communication

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Done
caput
no longer interact

64
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Impact of PDC

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Adjustment
Anger
TIme

65
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Adjustment Impact

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Whether or not they had mentioned the type of communication with your ex

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Anger Impact

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  • How angry are you about the break up?

- The more positive communication correlated with less anger

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Time Impact

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Couples either stay friends or just broke up and never spoke again

CMN 134 (8 decks)

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