PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Positive Illusions, Psych, Silent Treatment
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Illusion vs. accuracy-illusion:good for your partner/your relationship if you see your partner a little bit better than they actually are when it comes to their traits(more intelligent, kinder). the illusions should be small positive illusions, not completely unrealistic. Accuracy: having accuracy in terms of your partners attitudes and values is good for your relationship. Cognitive interdependence-how you think about you and your partner. The extent that you think about you and your partner as separate entities are generally in less functioning relationship. More stability for people who describe it as us and we. Attribution effects-looking at the way we make attributions for our/our partners behavior shows how a relationship is going. Couple that are doing well, when their partners do something that hurts them they are more likely to make external attributions. If they do something nice they tend to make internal attributions.
