PSY 3065 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Exchange Theory, Equity Theory, Evolutionary Psychology
20 Dec 2017
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Evolutionary psychology explaination to explain social behavior in terms of genetric factors that evolved over time from natural selection: men & women are attracted to different characteristics in each other that maximize reproductive success. Love universal emotion cultural differences in what they think about, define, and experience americans value passionate more than chinese, vice versa. Companionate love the intimacy and affection we feel when we feel deeply for a person no passion or arousal in person"s presen(cid:272)e. Passionate love intense longing we feel for a prson. accompanied by physiological arousal: when shared, we feel great fulfillment and ecstasy, when it is not, we feel sadness and despair. Attachment styles expectations people develop about their relationships with others based on the relationship they had with their primary caregiver when they were infants. Comparison level people"s e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tations a(cid:271)out level of rewards and punishments they are likely to recieve in a particular relationship.
