PSY327H5- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 54 pages long!)
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Lecture 001 01-05-2017: what is an intimate relationship, everyone has biases on how they interpret relationships, relationships characterized by intimacy, intimacy does not just involve closeness, 6 key chars: Interdependency: knowledge, caring, mutuality, trust, commitment, as each component increases, so do feelings of intimacy but not each component is necessary for an intimate relationship, intimacy as a construct can only be understood through interpersonal interactions. Intimacy is not a stagnant construct; it changes through the course of the relationship: knowledge. Intimate partners: know personal information: secrets, goals, aspirations, gained through self-disclosure, you also have to be open to self-disclose, have to reciprocate, but self-disclosure not enough to foster intimacy! I(cid:374)terdepe(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)e is : strong, frequent, diverse, enduring, who you are and what you do has some impact on your partner and vice-versa. Interdependence makes it diffi(cid:272)ult to stud(cid:455) relatio(cid:374)ships ha(cid:448)e to stud(cid:455) all those (cid:449)ho are involved: mutuality.
