Relationships-Factors Affecting Attraction

Question 1

What is self-disclosure?

Answer 1

-Revealing personal information about yourself e.g. thoughts

Question 2

What does more self-disclosure lead to?

Answer 2

Greater feelings of intimacy and should be a reciprocal exchange of information

Question 3

What reasons did Collins and Miller (1994) argue that individuals self-disclose for?

Answer 3

• Individuals who disclose intimate personal details tend to be liked more than those who don’t
• Individuals disclose to those they actually like
• Individuals feel closeness to person they have self-disclosed to

Question 4

What did Altman and Taylor (1973) claim in their ‘social penetration theory’ for attraction to occur?

Answer 4

Individuals matches each other’s level of self-disclosure

• This is called reciprocity
• Partners must reveal same amount of info as each other

Question 5

What theorist came up with the idea of self-disclosure?

Answer 5

Sternberg (1986)

Question 6

What are the positives of self-disclosure?

Answer 6

-Has real-life application e.g. in relationship counselling, dating apps

Question 7

What are the negatives of self-disclosure?

Answer 7

• It is correlation so cannot establish cause and effect

- Cultural bias in studies for example in India there is arranged marriage so self-disclosure is not applicable