PSY424H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Condom, Sexual Minority, Polyamory
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Psy424 - lecture 4: romantic commitment, monogamy, and non-monogamy. Commitment: defined as the intention to persist with a relationship can be positive or negative depending on the context. Commitment is usually a cognitive action you may not choose who you are attracted to/love, but you can choose who to stay with. Commitment is the best psychological predictor of whether a relationship will ultimately last (le & agnew, 2003) Back (2010) argue that we have an evolutionarily-based cognitive bias toward maintaining existing partnerships. Even in the face of attractive alternatives. We don"t usually like to break social bonds. Art auction study an experiment where participants have to pretend to be an auctioneer. Participants chose who to sell their art to, and the computer (participants thought these were real people) would give 2 options (a or b) First, person a would give you the best offer, but after a few trials they would make.
