relationships - parasocial relationships

Question 1

what is a parasocial relationship?

Answer 1

a parasocial relationship is like a normal relationship but lacks a key element, these relationships can be one-sided and unreciprocated relationship.

Question 2

who used the celebrity attitude scale?

Answer 2

maltby et al

Question 3

what are the three levels?

Answer 3

entertainment-social level
intense-personal level
borderline pathological level.

Question 4

entertainment-social level

Answer 4

celebrities are viewed as sources of entertainment and as fuel for social interactions

Question 5

intense-personal level

Answer 5

when someone becomes more personally involved with the celebrity and can lead to obsessive thoughts

Question 6

borderline pathological level

Answer 6

strongest level of celebrity worship where fantasies are uncontrollable and behaviour is extreme.

Question 7

who introduced the absorption-addiction model?

Answer 7

mccutheon

Question 8

what was suggested in this model?

Answer 8

that parasocial relationships can make up for personal deficiencies, it allows them to escape from mundane lives or a way of finding fulfilment that cannot be fulfilled in actual relationships

Question 9

the attachment theory - ainsworth

Answer 9

1) insecure-resistant - there is no real threat of rejection
2) insecure-advoidant - avoid pain and rejection, least likely to form any relationships.