PSY BEH 173S Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Solitary Confinement, Ambivalence, The Need
13 Sep 2017
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The nature of intimacy: relationships vs. more casual associations, knowledge: personal/confidential; intimate partners usually have more knowledge about each other than would other people, caring: more affection than for most others. Interdependence: strong, diverse, and enduring: mutuality: (cid:862)us(cid:863) i(cid:374)stead of (cid:862)(cid:373)et a(cid:374)d hi(cid:373)/her(cid:863, recognize overlap in their lives, trust: expect to be treated fairly and honestly, commitment: expect partnerships to continue. The need to belong: baumeister and leary. The influence of experience: relationships are affected by the histories and experiences we bring to them, attachment styles, secure: received reliable care. Learned that other people are trustworthy of security and kindness: anxious-ambivalent: received inconsistent care, developed fretful, mixed feelings about others, nervous and clingy, displaying excessive neediness, avoidance: caregiver was rejecting/hostile adults. Attachment in adults: hazan and shaver (1987, most people reported secure relationships (60%, 40% said they were insecure (avoidant, anxious-ambiv, four types of attachment in adults, secure: same as secure style in childhood.
