PSYC 215 Lecture 13: 2015-10-20_Lecture13_PSYC215
3 Nov 2015
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Close relationships are important to us: provide comfort, meaning to life, human beings want to be connected to others. The close relationships literature examines relationships in terms of: types (e. g. , friendship, family, romantic) and styles (e. g. , companionate, passionate, attraction and relationship initiation, self-disclosure and intimacy (becoming close, satisfaction and commitment, relationship termination. Background: bolby"s attachment theory (1969, evolution has wired humans to seek closeness and, thereby, emotional security, emotional closeness has allowed our ancestors to survive, bolby examined child-parent relationships. Things we"ve learned in childhood will be used in adults. The textbook notes three different relationship styles: related to attachment theory, general styles in adult relationships, secure, avoidant, anxious (anxious-ambivalent) Adult attachment: approximate percentages in most studies using a three-category approach, secure: 55, avoidant 25, anxious 20, although not exactly equal across cultures, these percentages are fairly consistent across cultures/groups.
