PSYCH354 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dating, Impression Management, Reciprocal Liking
6 Dec 2012
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Most focus on how the self shapes the relationship, but it is also possible for the relationship to shape the self. Relationships can also be symbols (i. e. i am married) People will go to great lengths to defend a symbolic item, because they think of it as a part of themselves. Studies showed that: unattached people will have different threats than those in a relationship (less relevant. If not in a relationship, bodily threats are more salient (i. e. how small you are more of a salient threat when single because you"re able to be taken advantage of more easily) We"re comfortable doing embarrassing things around people who we feel are part of us tighter circle of people = more threatened you feel by social threats. This is true whether or not you"re in a relationship. Among joineds , spatial-symbolic threat was more salient because this could be the end of my relationship status .
