Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Exchange Theory, Human Sexuality, Eval

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Chris Roney

Document Summary

Small talk super cial kind of convo that allows exchange of info but stresses breadth of topic coverage rather than in depth discussion. Muise and desmarais: communication tech. have a ected gender roles related to dating. 71% agreed men pay for bill; 4% for women. 71% agreed women wear sexy underwear; 1% for men. Self disclosure revelation of personal (intimate) info: rapid self disclosure online, females more likely to engage in this, women are more revealing about sex lives online than in real life, sexual self disclosure. Sandra byers: individuals who disclose more about sexual likes and dislikes report higher sexual sat. Di erence for men and women: men direct relationship between sexual disclosure and sexual sat, women disclosing about non sexual issues seemed to be more important, sexual invitation. Vannier and o"sullivan: asked 18-24 yr old men and women in hetero. relationship to keep daireis for. 3 weeks and report which partner initiated sex each time.