PSYC 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Meta-Communication, Conflict Management, Fundamental Attribution Error
Document Summary
Look at how couples interact in situations of conflicts. Compare couples of distressed or non-distressed and see how they handle a conflict. Distress couples emit more negative behaviour (verbalization) during conflict, fewer positive verbalization. Repair responses = break down verbal negativity repair the interaction; meta-communication . Exit strategies = to step out of negative cycling of responding: agree to physically walk away from an interaction. Demand withdrawal = woman demands something and gets the response of withdrawal, which results anger: nondistressed couples withdrawing does not result to escalating negativity. Couples have set of expectations of what the other partner will do / be. How tasks are allocated/executed help organize extended kin relationships, exterior home maintenance. Person need for connectedness at a specific time, partner has to meet that need. Pursuing and distancing = pursuing for connection feels isolated, distancing from being nagged for connection. N american culture = fairness and equity are relationship norm.
