Attraction Flashcards
(46 cards)
Exchange relationships
exchange for my own good
hope to gain interest
Communal relations
care for each other
can reverse back to exchange relations
cost-reward ratio
Tenant of social exchange theory, according to which liking for another is determined by calculating what it will cost to be reinforced by that person
Minimax strategy
in relating to others, we try to minimise the costs and maximise the rewards that accrue
Distributive justice
the fairness of the outcome of a decision
Procedural justice
the fairness of the procedures used to make a decision
Attachment
Need to affiliate: the urge to form connections and make contact with other people
> Underlies the way in which we form positive and lasting interpersonal relationships and also plays a key role in attachment to groups
reduce anxiety:
- A distraction from a worrying situation
- The need to affiliate
Hospitalism
A state of apathy and depression noted among institutionalised infants deprived of close contact with a caregiver
Attachment styles
Descriptions of the nature of people’s close relationships, thought to be established in childhood
- Secure
- avoidant
- anxious
Attachment behaviour
the tendency of an infant to maintain close physical proximity with the mother or primary caregiver
Relational models theory
- communal sharing
- authority ranking
- equality matching
- market pricing
communal sharing
based on a sense of sameness and kinship. Resources are generated by those in the group capable of doing so, and resources go to those in need
authority ranking
based on hierarchy, status, and a linear ordering of people within a group
equality matching
based on equality, reciprocity, and balance
market pricing
based on a sense of proportion, trade, and equity, in which people are concerned with ensuring that their inputs to a relationship correspond to what they get out of the relationship
Emotion-in-relationships model
close relationships provide a context that elicits strong emotions due to the increased probability of behaviour interrupting interpersonal expectations
Love
A combination of emotions, thoughts and actions which are often powerful, and usually associated with intimate relationships
Three-factor theory of love
- A cultural concept of love
- An appropriate person to love
- Emotional arousal
3 important aspects of love
- commitment
- passion
- intimacy
Partner regulation
strategy to encourages a partner to match an ideal standard of behaviour
Relationship dissolution model
Sequence through which most long term relationships proceed if they finally break down
- the intrapsychic phase: brooding With little workshop, perhaps in the hope of putting things right
- the dyadic phase: Deciding that some action should be taken, short of leaving the partner
- the social phase: Saying that the relationship is near an end (to other parties)
- the final grave-dressing phase: leaving and more eg. dividing properties
Propinquity
the increased likelihood of developing a relationship with someone due to closeness in proximity, is influenced by not only physical distance but functional distance as well
physical distance: actual distance
functional distance: how likely (due to location or architecture) that people will come into contact with each other
Proximity encourages “passive” contacts
Anticipating interaction
The mere exposure effect
Anticipating Interaction
Knowing that we are going to interact with someone makes us like that person more
Cognitive dissonance pressures to like those with whom we must associate
The mere exposure effect
Repeated exposure leads to greater liking
familiarity > liking
Most effective if stimulus is initially viewed as positive or neutral
Pre-existing conflicts between people will get intensified, not decrease, with exposure
There is an optimal level of exposure:
too much can lead to boredom and satiation
