PSYC 2120 Chapter 8-12: PSYC 2120 Test 3
6 Jul 2016
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Psyc 2120 readings for test 3: june 24. Our feelings and actions toward people are sometimes negative, sometimes positive. Chapter 8, altruism, and chapter 9, aggression, examine why and when we help and hurt one another. Then in chapter 10, attraction and intimacy, chapter 11, causes of prejudice, and chapter. 12, effects of prejudice, we explore why and when we love and hate one another. Chapter 10: attraction and intimacy liking and loving others. We have a need to belong a motivation to bond with others in relationships that provide ongoing, positive interactions. People (especially women) respond to ostracism with depressed mood, anxiety, hurt feelings, efforts to relationship, and eventual withdrawal. Proximity refers to geographical nearness: proximity (more precisely functional distance) powerfully predicts liking, proximity can also breed hostility; most assaults and murders involve people living close, even more significant than geographical distance is functional distance how often together.
