PSYC 334 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Alcohol Intoxication, Observer-Expectancy Effect, Agreeableness
27 Jun 2014
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Chapter 11 conflict: the nature of conflict, interpersonal conflict: occurs when one person"s motives, goals, beliefs, opinions, or behaviors interfere with someone else"s. Personality: more when high in neuroticism, less when high in agreeableness. Attachment style: anxious about abandonment is the worst. Stage of life: conflict high in mid 20s b/c lasting romances and careers; increases steadily from late teens to 20s then settles down. Alcohol: intoxication exacerbates conflict: the course of conflict a) Parents disagree more about parenting, then division of chores, then communication, money. Rebuffs (one person appeals for desired action and other doesn"t respond as expected- wants sex, other sleeps) Cumulative annoyances (social allergies, trivial events that are annoying with frequency) Evolutionary- women want less sex, men don"t want it delayed. Attributional conflict fighting over whose explanation is right and whose is wrong. Effectiveness of venting is based on response of other person. Expressing anger while you feel angry almost always makes you feel angrier.
