Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Automatic Negative Thoughts, Online Dating Service, Heterosexism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Psychology 2035 textbook chapter 9 friendship and love. Close relationships are those that are important, interdependent, and long lasting. Close relationships are characterized by partners who are irreplaceable, whereas in casual social relationships partners can be interchangeable. Regardless of the type of relationship, humans are social animals and social acceptance is central to our lives. Close relationships can arouse intense feelings both positive and negative. This paradox is termed the paradox of close relationships. Attraction is the initial desire to form a relationship. Homosexuals face three unique dating challenges: they have a similar pool of potential partners, they are often under pressure to conceal their sexual orientation, they have limited ways to meet prospective partners. Attraction usually depends on proximity: people have to be in the same place at the same time. Proximity refers to geographic, residential and other forms of spatial closeness: although, proximity is not an issue in cyberspace interactions.