PSY 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Social Exchange Theory, Feral Child, Physical Attractiveness
28 Apr 2016
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Claim we need relationships just like we need air, food and water. We also have a need to belong. We can satisfy desire for relationships by finding new ones just like we find food when we are hungry. Bad consequences for those with no relationships such as mental and physical problems. 7: humans and elephants are similar that they need social relationships as they develop. If they grow up without it they are socially dysfunctional. Feral children can"t form languages and social relationships: was a natural experiment = accidentally produced set of conditions, not created by the experimenter. We can"t really create true experiments so we have to study natural relationships: we study correlation of actual relationships, people choose their own relationships, we cannot assign them. Multiple types of interpersonal relationships (attachments due to bonds of friendship, family, love or respect: communal relationships. Give and receive according to principle of need.
