Week 1- Introduction Flashcards
What are the common human needs
Belonging
Friendship and intimacy
Caring for other
What are different types of relationships?
Kin, friends, mates, colleagues, enemies, animals, spiritual
American’s spend how much on animals?
$14 billion
What are parasocial relationships?
where nothing is in front of you but the entity is real within your own mind
What are the two journals for scientific study related to relationships
- Journal of social and personal relationships
2. Personal relationships
What is important about evolution
Demonstrates the motivations for our emotions
How can romantic love be a motivator?
• Romantic love signals reward, motivates mating and pair bonding
How can jealousy be a motivator
motivates mate guarding
How can jealousy be a motivator
have damaged an important relationship- motivates repair
How can shame signal a motivator
signals that we are unacceptable to others, motivates atonement.