the formation

Question 1

Who came up with the reward/need satisfaction theory?

Answer 1

Bynre and clore

Question 2

What does the reward/need satisfaction theory consist of?

Answer 2

Rewards and punishments and attraction through association

Question 3

what does rewarding stimuli produce?

Answer 3

produces positive feelings

Question 4

how does operant conditioning relate to rewards and punishments?

Answer 4

we are likely to repeat any behaviour that leads to a desirable outcome

Question 5

What does bynre and clores’s theory suggest?

Answer 5

We enter into relationships because the presence of some individuals is directly associated with reinforcement

Question 6

how can a neutral stimulus become positively valued?

Answer 6

if they are associated with a pleasant event

Question 7

How do relationships develop and succeed?

Answer 7

If the positive feelings outweigh the negative feelings

Question 8

how does personality link to the formation of a relationship?

Answer 8

people who have similar traits are more likely to be attracted to each other compared to those with dissimilar traits

Question 9

what did caspi and herberner find?

Answer 9

they found that married couples with similar personalities tend to be happier than couples with less similar personalities

Question 10

What is ‘attitude alignment’?

Answer 10

partners modify their attitudes so they become more similar in order for their relationship to develop

Question 11

what did giffitt and guay do and find?

Answer 11

participants were evaluated on a creative task by an experimenter and then asked to rate how much they liked the experimenter. This rating was highest when the experimenter had positively evaluated the participants performance on the task

Question 12

What did Sheldon et al discover?

Answer 12

that greater facebook use was positively correlated with both positive and negative indicators of relationship satisfaction

Question 13

what did aron et al find?

Answer 13

participants who measured very high on a self-report questionnaire of romantic love also showed strong activity in particular areas of the brain

Question 14

what did cate et al do and find?

Answer 14

they asked 337 individuals to assess their current relationship. Results showed that reward levels was superior to all other factors in determining relationship satisfaction

Question 15

what did rosenbaum suggest?

Answer 15

dissimilarity rather than similarity was the more important factor in determining whether a relationship will develop

Question 16

what did yoshida point out?

Answer 16

the research on similarity represents only a very narrow view of factors important important in relationship formation

Question 17

why is similarity so important?

Answer 17

we assume that people similar to us will be more likely to like us. By ruling out dissimilar people, we lessen the chances to be rejected as a partner

When other people share our attitudes and beliefs, it tends to validate them, which in turn is rewarding

Question 18

Why is the reward/need satisfaction theory culturally bias?

Answer 18

it does not account for culture and gender differences

Question 19

what did Lott suggest?

Answer 19

that in many cultures women are more focused in the needs of others rather than receiving reinforcement

Question 20

why is the reward/need satisfaction theory an evolutionary explanation?

Answer 20

The brain reward system associated with romantic love would have probably evolved to drive our ancestors to focus on their courtship energy on specific individuals

Question 21

How does mundane realism apply?

Answer 21

most of the studies are lab studies and therefore cannot be applied to real life as they do not show the principles of needs and similarity in real life