PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Egg Cell, Jon D. Levenson, John Gottman
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When studying relationships and attraction a couple uncommon challenges arise: Issue of self-selection where investigators can"t assign a condition. Humans have biological need to belong in relationships. Roy baumeister and mark leary claim that we have a needed to be embedded in healthy relationship. Baeumeister and leary point out the likely evolutionary basis of our tendency to seek out social relationships. College students on average have about six close friends which indicated a need that was satisfied. Stronger evidence comes from evidence showing how vital relationships are to our physical and mental well-being. Relationships and the sense of self: our social relationships shape our very sense of who we are. Anderson and chen relational selves: the beliefs, feelings, and expectations about ourselves that derive from our relationships with significant others in our lives: e. g. you mother discourages you constantly, leading you to a feeling of inadequacy.
