Family Studies 1015A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Neuroticism

• School: Western University
• Department: Family Studies
• Course: Family Studies 1015A/B
• Professor: Bridget Demachi

Document Summary

Occurs when we give up our perceived right to retaliate against, or hold in our debt, someone who has wronged us. Not mean regain positive feeling toward the offender but letting go of past negative feeling is the key, makes reconciliation more likely. Forgiveness comes more readily to some of us than others. Secure and agreeable people are more forgiving than insecure (anxiety and avoidance) or less agreeable people are. Neuroticism prone to negative emotions, impedes forgiveness but self- control promotes it, can manage motives well and find it easier to set it aside.