Week 5 Flashcards
- reasonsWhy is there a decline
- lack of effort 2. interdependency is a magnifying glass 3. access to weaponry 4. unrealistic expectations
What are three attributes of friendship
affection, communion and companionship
Compared to romances friendships are 3 things
less passionate, less exclusive, less confining, entailing fewer obligations to ones partner
Attributes of friendships: respect ovvurs when, trust occurs when
Respect occurs when people admire their friends and hold them
in high esteem.
* Trust occurs when people are confident that friends will behave
benevolently toward them.
Responsiveness involves attentive and supporitive recognition of our
needs and interests
Responsiveness in action: 6 ways to win friends and influence people
Become genuinly interested in other people 2. smile 3 Remember that a person’s name is to them the
most important sound in any language.
4. Be a good listener.
5. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
6. Make the other person feel important – and do
it sincerely.
Attributes of friendship: capitalization
occurs when others
enthusiastically enhance our
happiness by being excited when
good things happen to us.
Support may come in 4 forms
emotional, physical, advice and material
What generally are rules of friendships
are shared cultural beliefs about what
behaviours friends should and should not perform.
Friendships across the life cycle: infancy: toddlers play together
r cooperatively and take
evident pleasure in each other’s company.
toddlers have rudimentary friendships which include 6 things name 3
attachment, emotional bonds, limited social interaction
Childhood friendships involve
Play-based friendships
* Shared interests
* Social learning
* Imaginary play
What is theory of mind
ability to infer peoples mental states; the ability to use this information to interpret what others say, make sense of their behaviour and predict what they do next
Childhood: from approximately 4-7 years f age friendship is viewed concretely-
easily started and terminated, however conflict is easily resolved
childhood ages 8-10 have
mutual trust and assistance
Friendships become psychologically based
Different interpersonal needs are emphasized at different ages: elementary school, intamacy, sexuality
elementary: acceptance
middle school: intimacy
high school: sexuality
Adolescence: friendships are based on
based on loyalty, mutual understanding and
sharing of intimacies.
4 types of support in adolescence
informational, instrumental, compainship support, esteem support
what is informational support?
- advice and guidance in solving personal
problems.
insturmental support
help with tasks
compainship support
being able to rely on each other as
companions in social activities
esteem support
congratulating their friends when they succeed and
encouraging or consoling them when they fail.
Young adulthood can be exemplified by what erickson stage?
Intimacy vs. isolation
young adulthoodL can be chartegorizes in two statements
shuffling of relationships and transition period
midlife is consider a pattern of dydaic withdrawl
occurs when people settle into romantic relationships
What is dyadic withdrawl
as they see more and more of a partner, they see less and less of their friends
Old age: elderly have what size social networks
smaller social networks
socloemotional selectivity theory
holds that elderly people seek
quality, not quantity, in their close
relationships.
Womens friendships are characterize by
emotional sharing and self disclosure
mens friendships revolve around
shared activities, companionship, and competition
Individual difference in friendships: low self monitors have
have fewer but more intimate than those enjoyed by high self monitors
those with relational self-construals think of themselves as
interdependent rather than independent being
What is the dark triad?
narcissism, machlaveilianism, psychopathy
what is narcissism:
: arrogant self- importance, entitlement, and
selfishness.
Machiavellianism includes
Being cynical,
duplicitous, and manipulative and
readily lying for one’s self-interest.
what is psychopathy:
: impulsivity and callous
disregard for others’ feelings and
well-being.
Friendship maintence refers to behaviours that
The set of behaviours that
individuals engage in to keep their
relationships at a satisfactory,
committed level
4 types of maintence behaviours
- positivity 2. supportiveness 3. openness 4. interaction
what is positivity maintence behaviour
behaviours make the friendship fun and enjoyable
what is supportive maintence behaviours
behaviours that support the friend
openness maintence behaviours
meaningful conversation and self-disclosure
interaction:
Behaviours that friends do together.
