relationships - attraction and factors affecting it

Question 1

define self disclosure

Answer 1

a factor affection attraction in romantic relationships. refers to the sharing of personal information, deepest thoughts and feelings

Question 2

what dose self disclosure help with

Answer 2

helps with strengthening romantic bonds

Question 3

what is Altman’s and Taylors theory

Answer 3

social penetration theory.

Question 4

what is most important in the social penetration theory

Answer 4

reciprocal self disclosure.

Question 5

what dose reciprocal self disclosure lead to

Answer 5

deeper understanding and trust within a relationship.

Question 6

what are the two categories of self disclosure

Answer 6

breadth and depth.

Question 7

what is breadth.

Answer 7

when you disclosure a lot of superficial information at the start of a realtionship

Question 8

what is depth

Answer 8

when you consider some topics off limits at the start of the relationship but gradually reveal deeper information

Question 9

what is depenetration

Answer 9

when dissatisfied partners self disclosure less as they gradually disengage from the relationship.

Question 10

who highlighted the importance of reciprocal self disclosure

Answer 10

reis and shaver.

Question 11

what did Reis and shaver theorise

Answer 11

that aswell as breadth and depth for a relationship to develop there need to be the reciprocal element to disclose.

Question 12

one strength of self disclosure

Answer 12

sprechet et al : reaserch support

Question 13

what where the aims of Sprechet and Hendrick’s investigation

Answer 13

to investigate the role of reciprocal self disclosure in relationships.

Question 14

what was the procedure of sprechet and hedrcisk study.

Answer 14

156 university student from America paired in either female female or male female pairs and asked to engage in a Skype conversation.

Question 15

what was condition 1 in spechet and Hendricks study

Answer 15

pairs asked to self disclose in a reciprocal manner: pairs took turn to ask partner questions about themselves

Question 16

what was condition 2 in Sprechet and Hendricks study

Answer 16

self disclosure was not reciprocal instead one partner self disclosed while the other listened.

Question 17

what was the conclusion of Spechet and Hendricks study.

Answer 17

found that condition 1 participants reported greater liking and closeness swell as more enjoyment compared to condition 2.

Question 18

one strength of self disclosure (2)

Answer 18

real world application.

Question 19

who studied homosexual partners self disclosure

Answer 19

Hass and Strafford

Question 20

what did Hass and Strafford find.

Answer 20

57% of homosexual said that open and honest self disclosure was the the main reason how they maintained and deepended relationships.

Question 21

one limitation of self disclosure

Answer 21

cultural differences.

Question 22

who studied cultural differences regarding self disclosure

Answer 22

nu tang et al

Question 23

what did Nu tang et al find

Answer 23

that people in the US (an individualist culture) self-disclose significantly more sexual thoughts and feelings than people in China (a collectivist culture).

Even though the level of disclosure was lower in China, relationship satisfaction was no different from that in the US.