PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Conscientiousness, Machiavellianism, Narcissism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Lewis Stephen

Document Summary

Mechanisms of social interaction: selection, evocation, manipulation. Selection: marriage partners: participants, over 10,000 participants worldwide, main findings, most favored characteristic = mutual attraction/love, slightly less important = dependability, emotional stability, pleasing disposition. Selection: assortative mating: attraction similarity theory, complimentary needs theory. But, is this due to proximity: data collected: o(cid:374)e"s perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) prefere(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) a part(cid:374)er and people"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) ((cid:448)ia: self, partner & independent reports, main findings: correlations were consistently positive. People who score high on a particular trait prefer partners high in that same trait: conclusion: correlations in part due to social preference. Do married people get what they want: people happ(cid:455) (cid:449)he(cid:374) part(cid:374)er is high i(cid:374) , agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness, not the case when one partner"s personality & his/her ideal personality in another do not match. Personality & selective breakup: violation of desire theory, break-ups (cid:373)ore (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:449)he(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s desires are (cid:448)iolated, people actively seek mates who are dependable & emotionally stable.