PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Positive Illusions, Psych
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Social norms (traditionally given greater power to men) Relative resources (person with more resources has more power) Principle of least interest (when both partners are equally committed to a relationship, then power is equal. If that person wants the relationship to be stronger, then they have less power the person with the attitude of no fucks given has more power) The person who is just not that into you has more power. Background info: successful marriages find a healthy balance between positive and negative emotional interactions; ratio needs to be 5:1 five positive examples of love to one negative act. Validating marriage: couple is compatible, agree on most things, what they don"t agree on they are able to compromise on. Volatile marriage: couple lives to fight, passionately engaged, when they fight it"s not a. Conflict is both inevitable and to some degree healthy for a relationship.
