PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Stay Cool, Ostracism, Casual Sex
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Relational value= the degree to which others consider their relationship with us as valuable, important or close. We encounter degrees of rejection/acceptance on 10 point scale. Maximal inclusion-ppl seek our company, go out of way to interact with us. Active inclusion-others welcome us, do not seek us out. Passive inclusion- others allow us to be included. Ambivalence-ppl do not care whether we"re included or not. Passive exclusion-ppl ignore us but do not avoid us. Maximal exclusion-others banish us, send us away, abandon us. Sometimes excluded b/c others think you"re better than them but rejection still hurts. Exclusion hurts most when we want acceptance than when we don"t care. We feel hurt when perceived relational value for others lower than we want. Relates to hwo others evaluate us: maximal exclusion not much worse than ambivalence. Our momentary judgments of self worth bottom out when ppl reject us to any extent(evaluations range from 4 down to 1)
