PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Walkover, Attachment Theory, Physical Attractiveness
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Arguments for the need to belong o. Evidence for the need to belong: vital for physical and mental health, w/o can have negative effects. Fearful, couldn"t interact, inappropriate sexual behaviors as adolescents. Higher mortality in divorced or single people, 3-23x higher psychological problem, higher suicid and crime rates. Relationships and the sense of self o. Relations shape sense of self: meet someone similar to so, behave like we would with significant other: assosiated beliefs, feelings and expectations, shape interaction with new person, hinkley and anderson experiment. Think of so, write about self, 2 weeks late think about someone similar to so, write about self. Writing about self very similar: meeting people who remind us of so change how we think about ourselves o. Meet x like so (+), i like x, act (+), x acts (+) back. Give and receive based of principle of need. Latin and asian like communal, we + na like exchange.
