module 10 Flashcards
more satisfying relationships can be linked to….
- positive health outcomes
- social support
- capitalization (when smth good happens, greater joy is taken if you share it with others)
- ‘Michelangelo Effect’ (people become more like their partners idealized version of themselves)
- goal pursuit
- self-expansion
what factors influence choice of close relationships
- proximity
- physical attractiveness
- perceived as similar
t or f: physically attractive ppl are more likely to get lighter sentences and better grades
true
halo effect
- tendency to see attractive people as more moral, kinder, smarter, and nicer
what influences attractiveness
- baby-facedness
- facial symmetry
- culture
- fair/clear skin
romantic red effect
- colour can influence cognition, affect, and behaviour
- red is linked to passion lust and love
- women were found as more attractive when they were seen against a red background
- women were more threatened when partners were talking to a woman wearing red
t or f: opposites attract
false, people are attracted to ppl what are perceived to be similar
traditional social commodity theory
- men=wealth, status
- women=attractiveness
- disproved by eastwick who said both look at physical attractiveness (in short term)
What did Bowlby study about attachment
- first important relationship is with our primary caregiver (often mother)
who did the Strange Situation study on 12-18 month olds
Ainsworth
What are the three main types of attachment in a strange situation
- secure
- anxious/ambivalent
- anxious/avoidant
What did hazen and shaver claim about attachment theory
- they can be applied to romantic relationships
- secure base, safe haven, separation distress, reassurance, proximity maintenance
what is the best way to measure attachment
- anxiety: how ppl worry about abandonment or rejection
- avoidance: how ppl feel uncomfy w closeness and emotional intimacy
what aspects of a relationship do attachments affect
- sex
- conflict
- communication
- separation and responses to dissolution
- initiation
- cognitive models of self and relationships
what attachment is associated with high highs and low lows in relationships
Anxious ambivalent
