PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Glib, Surgency, Social Inhibition
6 Apr 2013
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Situation selection a form of interactionism that refers to the tendency to choose or select the situations in which on finds oneself. (we do not end up in random situations, we choose the situations we find ourselves in) Complementary needs theory theory of attraction that postulates that people are attracted to people whose personality dispositions differ from theirs. Attraction similarity theory states that individuals are attracted to those whose personalities are similar to their own. Assortative mating the phenomenon whereby people marry people similar to themselves. Violation of desire according to the violation of desire theory of conflict between the sexes, breakups should occur more frequently when ones desires are violated than when they are fulfilled. Following this theory, we would predict that people married to others who lack desire characteristics, such as dependability and emotional stability, will more more frequently dissolve the marriage. (473)
