PSYC 3690 Chapter Notes -Confidence Trick
24 Sep 2013
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A friend in need is a friend indeed suggests 2 concepts of friendship: dependence, altruism. An opportunity for intimacy friends can show concern. Reveals deepest fears and longing and pulls them out of proportion. Friends most often disappear in the face of crises b/c they don"t know how to respond or feel a sense of powerlessness. Advantage of chronic illness is that friends who initially feel awkward and shy away often have time to make up for it. People in your life become more visible as they offer help in times of illness. Friendships require more than dependable altruism if the friend sticks around in times of recovery or remission requires genuine empathy and seeing the individual not just a sick person (see and affirm healthy aspects of personality) People distinguish b/w kind gestures at esp. valuable support, understand that illness is isolating and tedious as well as physically debilitating and adjust their habits to the person"s capacity.
