Relationships: FAA - Self Disclosure

Question 1

Self-disclosure

Answer 1

Revealing personal information to another person

Question 2

Who came up with social penetration theory?

Answer 2

Altman and Taylor

Question 3

What is STP?

Answer 3

How relationships develop through gradual process of revealing inner self to someone and giving away deep thoughts/feelings

Question 4

Characteristics of STP

Answer 4

Gradual process

Revealing personal info = sign Of trust means relationship stronger

Question 5

What must a partner do in STP?

Answer 5

Reciprocate revealing personal info

Question 6

What does reciprocating imply?

Answer 6

Partner willing to reveal personal info indicates relationship has reached certain developmental stage

Question 7

More disclosure means?

Answer 7

Deeper penetration into each other’s lives

Greater understanding of each other is gained

Question 8

What is key according to STP?

Answer 8

Breadth and depth of self-disclosure

Question 9

Onion analogy - start

Answer 9

Start of relationship:
breadth is narrow
Information overload may be off-putting

Question 10

Onion analogy - development

Answer 10

Depth increases

more likely to reveal intimate information inc secrets/painful memories

Question 11

What happens as both depth and breadth increase?

Answer 11

Romantic partners become more committed to one another

Question 12

What is revealed early on in a relationship?

Answer 12

Low risk information

Question 13

What is revealed as the relationship progresses?

Answer 13

High risk information

Question 14

Reid and Shaver

Answer 14

Argue there must be reciprocity in addition to broadening and deepening to self disclose
Key idea: must be balance of self disclosure from both partners in successful relationship

Question 15

A03 STP support: Sprecher and Hendrick procedure

Answer 15

Studied heterosexual dating couples

Question 16

A03 STP support: Sprecher and Hendrick findings

Answer 16

Strong positive correlations between several measures of relationship satisfaction and self-disclosure (both theirs and their partners)

Question 17

A03 STP support: Sprecher and Hendrick suggests

Answer 17

Men and women who use self disclosure and those who believe their partners also disclosed, were more satisfied with, and committed to, their romantic relationship

Question 18

A03: Criticism of Sprecher and Hendrick

Answer 18

Support comes in the form of correlational evidence, causal conclusions can’t be made

Question 19

A03: STP doesn’t apply to all cultures

Answer 19

Tang et al (2013)

Question 20

A03 Tang et al: Procedure

Answer 20

Reviewed findings on sexual self disclosure

Question 21

A03 Tang et al findings

Answer 21

Concluded men and women in US (individualist culture) self disclose significantly more sexual thoughts and feelings than men and women in China (collectivist culture).

Although self-disclosure was still linked to satisfaction in both cultures, the pattern of self-disclosure is different

Question 22

A03 Tang et al suggests

Answer 22

STP Is a limited explanation of romantic relationships which is not necessarily generalisable to other cultures

Question 23

A03 criticism

Answer 23

Self disclosure ignores physical attractiveness and filter theory as factors affecting physical attraction

E.g PA has halo effect by Palmer and Peterson, another aspect
Matters bc SD is incomplete theory