PSY 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Facial Symmetry, James W. Pennebaker, Physical Attractiveness
4 Sep 2018
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Desire to form social relationships is fundamental: we need to be part of stable healthy bonds with family members, romantic partners, friends to function. Aids survival people supported by close relationships are happier healthier, at lower risk for psychological disorders, live longer. People come together in adversity (snowstorm, power outage) schachter 1959 participants getting shocks rather wait with others. Pros: forming/being a part of a group| cons: boundaries can lead to prejudice. Roommates suffer less from the flu the more they like each other. Happily married couples have stronger immune systems than unhappily married couples. Survival rate of elders who had heart attack doubles with social support. Relationship satisfaction affects satisfaction with work, income, general health. Discrepancy between level of contact one has and level one wants (peplau & perlman: most likely to occur during transitions it i contagiou . Loneliest group in north america is 18-30 year-olds but declines over life until health limits activities in older age.
