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Interpersonal Relationships versus Attraction

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Interpersonal Relationships versus Attraction

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    1. Interpersonal Relationships versus Attraction Attraction: Interpersonal Relationships:

    3. Goals of Affiliative behavior

    4. Determinants of the need for affiliation: Individual Differences Different people have different reasons for affiliation: Positive stimulation Social support Attention Social comparison High need for affiliation = high social responsiveness Situational Determinants: examples: Disasters/accidents/storms/fear Need for social comparison: Cognitive clarity emotional clarity

    5. Defining our Experiences What is a Friend? How do you define the term? What characteristics does a friend possess?

    6. Making Friendships work for you There must be rewards for your efforts Implicit exchange of “goods” between people in any “relationship” idea of social exchange Social exchange must be beneficial to all

    7. Typology of Social Exchange:

    8. Models of Social Exchange I:

    9. Models of Social Exchange II:

    10. Models of Social Exchange III:

    11. Models of Social Exchange IV:

    12. Cultural differences in social exchange Cultural differences in: Freedom in relationship choice Permanence of relationships Relationships between “selves” differ

    13. When don’t Friendships work? Which is more important to you in a personal relationship: Equality or Equity? Self-disclosure or Reinforcement ? Consistency or Spontaneity? Similarity or Ultimate “beauty”? In terms of social exchange: What model of exchange is being used? What is the value of goods? Which goods are benefits and which are costs?

    14. Factors predicting Liking Proximity Exposure / Interaction with other Familiarity: mere exposure hypothesis

    15. Factors predicting Liking Similarity: Birds of a feather flock together?

    16. Factors predicting Liking Attractiveness Halo effect Matching hypothesis

    17. What about attraction and affect/emotion?

    18. Attraction To whom are you attracted? Why are you attracted to some, but not others? What is it about people that makes them attractive to you? Same reasons you chose certain friends?

    19. Components of Love

    20. Types of Love II: Sternberg’s Triangular Theory

    21. Types of Love II: Sternberg’s Triangular Theory

    22. Types of Love II: Sternberg’s Triangular Theory

    23. Types of Love II: Sternberg’s Triangular Theory

    24. Types of Love II: Sternberg’s Triangular Theory

    25. Types of Love:

    26. Goals of Love I

    27. Goals of Love I

    28. Gender Differences I What is the lowest level of intelligence you would accept in: a single date, a sexual partner, a steady date, and a spouse?

    29. Gender Differences II Attractive stranger: will you go out with me tonight?

    30. Goals of Love II

    31. Goals of Love III

    32. Arousal in “making” Love Dutton & Aron (1974) increased arousal = increased attraction function for love ??? Two-factor theory of Love (Berscheid & Walster, 1974) general physiological arousal is labeled as “love” Arousal-facilitation theory (Allen et al., 1989) physiological arousal adds to present feelings

    33. Arousal in “making” Love Dutton & Aron (1974) increased arousal = increased attraction

    34. Consequences of Love Issues of Attachment with ‘that someone’ becoming more Companionate Love Competition with others perceptions, value of other alternatives Self-identity can change Inclusion-of-Other in Self (Aron & Aron, 1986) Personality changes less risk taking more communally oriented

    35. What do these tell us about love? To whom are people attracted? Who should you date? Who will you marry? Who will people love? When will relationships persist? Currently, divorce rate is about 50% in U.S.

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