PSY 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Culture Change, Natural Selection
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Published on 10 Aug 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Class 13: Close Relationship
Understanding
Relationships:
Cultural Context
Cultural Context
● Ratios of men to women
● Religion
● Ethnicity and Race
● Socioeconomic Status
● Societal Norms
● Age
Understanding
Relationships:
Basic Biology
● Evolutionary Influences
○ Natural selection for adaptive mechanisms
○ Men and women faced different reproductive challenges
○ Culture change occurs faster than evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
● Intersexual selection (M vs. F; F vs. M): preferential choice of
what is desirable in mates
○ Triver’s parental investment theory: women invest
heavily in each offspring so maximize mate value
○ Men invest very little and should therefore maximize
mating opportunities
● Intrasexual competition (M vs. M, F vs. F): members of the same
sex compete with each other for resources in order to attract
mates
J & J’s Experiences
and Individual
Differences
Individual Differences and Prior Experience
● Gender and sex differences
● Personality differences
● Other dispositional differences
● Relationship histories
Attachment Style (Bartholomew)
Unique
Combination of J &
J
● Higher #s = More disclosure
○ Shelly = low of self-disclosure
○ George = low on self disclosure
○ Shelly and George’s relationship has high levels of self-
disclosure
Love
Triangular Theory of Love (Sternberg)
● Three components of love
○ Intimacy: feelings of warmth and closeness (emotional
component)
○ Passion: physical arousal and desire (motivational
component)
○ Commitment: decision to stay in relationship and work to
maintain it (cognitive/behavioral component)
Types of Relationships
● Passionate Love: Rubin’s 1973 Love Scale
○ “If I could never be with my partner, I would be