PSYCH 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Belongingness, Positive Psychology
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Psych 243 lecture 20 types of relationships. Historically, humans relate face-to-face: share needs verbally and non-verbally, battles were person-to-person, knew with whom they were communicating. Now, messages can be anonymous: communicator can be completely unknown when sharing needs or killing each other, currently much more media-produced theft and abuse are possible. Advantage is instant communication to anyone anywhere. Five basic aspects of human relationships: relationship of individual to group, basis of relationship: biological, psychological, social, and economic, necessary satisfying relationship components, steps necessary for making good relationships. Independent (individualism: strong separate self that needs no one else, focus on the individual"s needs, found usually among western societies with greater wealth, mobility, and services. Interdependent (collectivism: focus on needs and goals of total society, rather than individual, found in economically emerging or poorer nations with fewer services. Reality: no one can be completely independent. Biological: we need belongingness and love: without, humans do not develop and die.
