PSYC 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Harry Harlow, Interpersonal Relationship, Physical Attractiveness
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Bond shared between two or more individuals. Relationship served important functions in evolutionary history. Fundamental need to belong to satisfy biological need. Doesnt really work if individual just works for self and compete. Cooperation avoid the costs of aggression and competition. Meant to enhance the survival fitness of a group. Attachment is important -- deprivation of such attachment leads to negativity. Relationship = major determinant of physical and psychological health. People who live w/o a partner = lower mortality and more psychological problems. People who live with a partner = better cardiovascular health and stronger immune system. Raised monkeys in total social isolation, alone in pit of despair. 3 months; 6 months; 12 months; control. Lacking all forms of relationship = psychologically. Each relationships with other create a different relational self. Provide us a schema of interpersonal interactions. Shape current beliefs, feelings, and interaction with others people.
