PSYC 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vasopressin, Eye Tracking, Cortisol
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Low regard of self, high regard of others. Possible functions: signal of pain or illness, sadness- communication signal for ill leave you alone. You may be more likely to get socially rejected, signal to stay back to put yourself in situation where you might get rejected: sadness- signal for saying help me. Depression (long-term trait: sadness get drawn out to make this, symptoms: Loss of interest in activities you enjoy. Because their current social environment is not serving their social needs. But probably all of them, social environment , nature, nurture. Popular cultural often addresses loneliness: music etc. Spread: 1980"s: 20% of the population are lonely, new: 40% of the population are lonely loneliness is contagious in a way looking at social network linkage date across time. People who were feeling lonely their loneliness can spread with in 3 degrees of separation loneliness is stigmatized in our culture. Factors that influence the likelihood of feeling lonely.
