Formation of relasionships
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 23-04-15 13:29
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- Formation of a relationship
- Reward/need satisfactory theory
- Byrne and core
- People are attracted to people who are satisfying to be with
- rewarding stimuli produces positive emotions eg Happiness
- eg someone who makes you laugh is rewarding
- cate et al
- questionnaires of 337 people
- reward level was most superior in determining satisfaction
- Hays found that we gain satisfaction from giving as well
- reward level was most superior in determining satisfaction
- questionnaires of 337 people
- cate et al
- people are not attracted to people who produce punishing stimuli eg sadness
- For example being with someone who you can not be yourself with is punishing
- Behaviour approach
- operant conditioning
- we repeat behaviour that is positively reinforced and avoid behaviour that is negatively reinforced
- operant conditioning
- Theory states that we enter a relationship with someone who creates positive feelings
- Gucy et al
- participant completed a task
- the experimenter marked the task
- the likening for the experimenter was higher when they were positively evaluated
- lab based
- Culture bas
- lott
- In some cultures the females are expected to be more focused on the needs of others
- lott
- evolutionary theory
- aron
- reward system evolved to drive our ancestors to focus courtship on one individual
- aron
- Attraction through association
- when we meet people during positive events we association them with that positive event and think favourable of them
- if we meet someone when we're happy then we're more likely to like them
- behavioural approach
- classical conditioning
- we association the positive feelings of the event with our feelings for the individual
- more likely to form a relationship with them
- reductionist
- we association the positive feelings of the event with our feelings for the individual
- classical conditioning
- Sociobiological theory
- attraction is an evolutionary need
- important that we don't mate with a weaker mate or it will be less likely that out offspring will mate and our genes will be passed on
- we don't want to mate with someone of a higher level of attraction because they might seek a better partner
- Bryne. clore et al
- first people filter out those who are dissimilar
- they then look for someone who is similar to them
- similar people are less likely to reject them
- condon et al
- similar because they share the same attitudes
- reward/need satisfaction theory
- caspi
- married couples who are similar tend to be more happy
- other factors of similarities
- eg speakman et al found similarities in physical condition eg body fat
- similar people are less likely to reject them
- Bryne. clore et al
- Murstein
- 200 couples
- judges rated each of the couple individually
- in each couple ratings were roughly equal
- variation could be because people have a low self esteem
- in each couple ratings were roughly equal
- judges were subjective and may not share the same view
- no consideration of homosexual relationships
- reduces population validity
- matching hypothesis
- Filter model
- Kerckoff and davis
- we narrow down potential partners so small group of desirables on
- social filter
- people mix with people of an equal economic background
- dates due to social mobility
- attitudes and values filter
- sharing of beliefs. communications and values make progress of relationship easier
- social filter
- Gruber-Baldini et al
- longitudinal study
- couples that are similar are more likely to be together 20 years later
- support increases external validty
- culture bias
- doesn't take into account arranged marriages
- Reward/need satisfactory theory
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