PSY 2114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Shy People, David Buss, Physical Attractiveness

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Less emotionally intense than love relationships, and involve less sexual energy or contact. Having good friendships helps boost self-esteem and helps us become socialized into new roles throughout adulthood. Stages of adult friendships: acquaintanceship, buildup, continuation, deterioration, ending. How do social networking sites affect the quality of friendships: heavy internet users have more friends, both online and offline, trust is important in online friendships, online environment is easier than in-person for shy people. Based more on shared feelings and confidences. Me(cid:374)(cid:859)s f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)dships: less intimate, based more on shared activities. The sex difference may be caused partly by socialization and partly by innate gender differences. Cross-sex friendships: help men have lower levels of dating anxiety and higher capacity for intimacy, may be troublesome due to misperceptions by third parties, men sometimes over-pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e a f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d(cid:859)s se(cid:454)ual interest in them, and women sometimes under-perceive. Sternberg has suggested three basic components of love: passion, an intense physiological desire for someone.

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