101184 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Genetic Predisposition, Reciprocal Altruism, Social Exchange Theory
30 Aug 2018
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"friendship is love minus sex and plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex and minus reason" (mason cooley, 1996) Initial attraction: proximity, mere exposure effect - repeated exposure to a stimulus typically increases people"s liking for it. Close relationships: social exchange theory: relationships are determined by rewards and costs that partners experience, according to thibaut and kelly"s (1959) social exchange theory, rewards minus cost equals the outcome of a relationship. Comparing our outcomes with two standards, the comparison level and the comparison level for alternatives, determines our satisfaction and commitment to the relationship, respectively. Research on close relationships: predictors of marital happiness (80% accuracy), criticism; contempt; defensiveness; stonewalling. Love: what is love, the complexity of love, according to sternberg, different types of love involve varying combinations of intimacy, commitment and passion. Consummate love involves the presence of all three factors, whereas non-love represents the absence of all three.
