[PSY3102] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 54 pages long Study Guide!
6 Feb 2017
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Affiliation motivation can be thought of as a homeostatic process. Sometimes we need the company of others, and sometimes we need to be alone. Too much of one (being alone or being with people) will push an individuals. People who score high on a need for intimacy (ie. putting more emphasis on depth of few relationships) are generally happier with heir jobs and marriages as well as being generally more trusting and confiding in relationships. Hornsey and jetten (2004) argued that we are evolving to seek out relationships. Examples: lower heart attack incidence, fewer immune system problems, higher chance of survival from cancer, etc. Parsimony principle: simpler explanations are probably the right ones. This explanation avoid circularity and predicts why we are more likely to form relationships with some but not others. However, marriage today are much more inclusive (especially in north. But fundamental aspects of relationships have remained the same:
