PSYC 338- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 66 pages long!)
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Self promotion by exaggerating success and confidence; show off wealth. Competitor derogation by undermining sexual worth of competitors. When a person employs a particular strategy to achieve a goal and another person interferes with successful enactment of that strategy. Conflict occurs when the strategies enacted by one individual interfere with the strategies, goals, and desires of another. Occurs when one person seeks long-term mate and the other is seeking a short-term mate. Men feign interest in commitment along with confidence, status, kindness, and resources. Love is typically viewed as the most important element in sustaining a relationship, but if that love is blind one will not benefit from it whatsoever. Jealousy as an evolutionary adaptation in that it can protect long-term relationships. Examines error costs of abiding by a concern and being inconvenienced versus ignoring a concern and consequently suffering for it. Altruism: behavior that risks resources of the actor in order to benefit the recipient.
