self disclosure Flashcards
1
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what is self disclosure?
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- it involes revealing persoanl information about ones self
- the more info is revealed the longer the relationship progresses
2
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what is reciprocity?
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revealing somehting deep to a partner and they reveal something of ‘equal value’ back
3
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what is the social penetration theory?
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- as a couple shares more and more info to eachother they slowly penetrate more into eachothers lives
- this increases feelings of trust and attraction
4
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what did sprecher and hendrick study in 2004
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hetro-sexual dating couples with self disclosure
5
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what did sprecher and henderson find in their 2004 hetrosexual study ?
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- a strong correlation between self disclpsure and levels of attraction
- those who used self disclsoure and those who believed their partner did were more satisfied/comitted to the relationship
6
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what did laurenceau et al 2005 study
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couples that kept diaries to help self disclosure
7
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what happened in laurenceau et al’s 2005 study
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- foundthta couples that used self disclosure had a higher intimacy in the longer term
- the reverse was true,less intimate couples self disclosed less often
8
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whats the matching hypothesis
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the fact that people tend to form relationships with others who are equivalent to them in physical attractiveness
9
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what did murstein (1997) find to support the matching hypothesis
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- got indepedant judges to rate the atractiveness of 175 couples (99 real, 76 fake)
- the genuine coupples all recieved a similar rate of attractiveness
- this concluded that people of similar attractiveness are more attracted to eachother
10
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what did fiengold (1988) do to find support fot the matching hypothesis?
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- a meta-analysis of 17studies
- found significant correlation in ratings of attractiveness, between romantic partners
- high external validity as it used real life couples therefore it becomes more natural
