FRHD 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Distance, Body Language, Quality Time
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Understanding ourselves: the way you perceive yourself effects how you relate to others, respecting yourself allows you to stay true to your values. Self-worth: seek out others who confirm our sense of self, leads to risk taking, read meaning into ambiguous cues. Source of solace in times of trouble see us at our worst but never lose sight of our best. Enhances feelings of warmth, trust, love and affection. Human beings of every culture make friends. Friends of adolescence and young adulthood the strongest of our lifetime. Bisson and levine (2009) found that 60% of individuals had this type of relationship: no commitment for romance, characterized by trust and comfort, difficult when one begins to have stronger feelings. Women: depressive symptoms and causal sex, fe(cid:373)ales felt sha(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d regret if the(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) part(cid:374)er a(cid:374)d risks/se(cid:454)ual history not discussed, lack of future contact increase shame and anger against self.