PSYC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psych, Ostracism, Dark Triad

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 30
• Professor: Taylor

Document Summary

Degrees of acceptance and rejection (non-linear: levels of inclusion, levels of inclusion we prefer/like: Maximal inclusion: others seek us out and go out of their way to interact w us. Active inclusion: others welcome us but do not seek us out. Passive inclusion: others allow us to be included: levels of inclusion we do not prefer/like: Ambivalence: others so not care whether we are included or not. Passive exclusion others ignore us but do not avoid us. Active exclusion: others avoid us, tolerating our presence only when necessary. If high acceptance = high self-esteem, higher relational value. If neutral/ambivalent acceptance = huge drop in self-esteem, relational value: any rejection makes our self-esteem bottom out, regardless if ambivalent or maximal exclusion, findings show: dec acceptance hurts more than constant rejection. Mate value: less desirable partner may be more sensitive to options more desirable partner has: attachment: preoccupied ppl more jealous, personality: people high in n (worriers), low in a (trusting/cooperative)