CMN 101 Lecture 5: Friendships
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A voluntary personal relationship, typically providing intimacy and assistance, in which the. 2 parties like one another and seek each others company. We have a social attract to our friends. Friendships will not develop on their own. Lack of overt expressions of positive emotion. Having a friend who will provide aid for us. Emotional social support: we will give someone acceptance, reassurance. Advice support: how to do something differently. Material support: giving someone something tangible when they are stressed (ex. money) Strategies we can use to increase our levels of social attractiveness for other people. Based on what people think makes them attractive, what people think makes people like them, and what people think makes others feel positive toward them. Allow others to assume some control over relational activities. Rules for relationships are scared cultural beliefs about what behaviors friends should and should not perform. Sharing news of success with the other (capitalization)