PS270 Lecture : Social Psych Lecture 29.docx
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Then have them read a very persuasive article summarizing research that indicates starting fights is healthy for a relationship: challenging the relationship and ultimately making the relationship stronger, after being convinced, they reported much higher rates of that behaviour in their relationship, seeing virtues in faults ( yes, but ) yes my husband is very controlling, but its simply because he is protective of me, married and dating couples, rate own and partner"s attributes, and attributes of an ideal partner, do people see their partners as better than they actually are, rating by partner > self ratings, closer to ideal ratings, do people idealize their romantic partner, compared johns ratings of jennifer to jennifers ratings of herself, partner a on average rates partner b more positively than partner b rates him or her on their self, we can be pretty confident there is idealization going on, rate them more closely in line with their idealized partner.
