Relationship Formatiomn
- Created by: euphoric-state
- Created on: 08-06-15 23:35
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- Formation of Romantic Relationships
- RNST
- Operant Conditioning
- We are motivated to seek rewarding stimuli & avoiding punishing ones
- Financial Security
- Company
- Attractive Partner
- We are motivated to seek rewarding stimuli & avoiding punishing ones
- Classical Conditioning
- We learn to associate people with pleasant stimuli & t/f are more drawn to them
- Griffit et al
- Evaluations of strangers were positive when in comfortable surroundings
- May & Hamilton
- Females asked to rate photos of males
- Pleasant / Unpleasant music was played.
- Those who listened to pleasant music rated people higher
- Pleasant / Unpleasant music was played.
- Females asked to rate photos of males
- Cunningham
- Male participants asked to watch happy / sad film then interact w/female
- Positive interactions came from those who watched a happy film.
- Male participants asked to watch happy / sad film then interact w/female
- Griffit et al
- We learn to associate people with pleasant stimuli & t/f are more drawn to them
- we will be attracted to someone if they meet our needs
- Therefore, we will find spending time with that person rewarding
- OC - more motivated to spend more time with the person bc you find it rewarding
- Physical Attractiveness - Dion et al: physically attractive = attractive personalities
- Therefore, we will find spending time with that person rewarding
- Strengths
- Biological Support
- Aron et al
- People who reported they were "in love" showed strong activity in the reward centers of the brain
- Subcortical reward regions - rich in dopamine.
- Physiological Support for RNST
- People who reported they were "in love" showed strong activity in the reward centers of the brain
- Aron et al
- Shackleton et al
- People who used facebook more were people who needed to socialise and meet others
- Cunningham
- Male participants asked to watch happy / sad film then interact w/female
- Positive interactions came from those who watched a happy film.
- Male participants asked to watch happy / sad film then interact w/female
- Biological Support
- Weaknesses
- Cultural Bias
- RNST is good at explaining individualistic companies b/c they are orientated around meeting the needs of an individual.
- Lott - In many cultures, F = more focused on family needs as opposed to individual needs
- Cultural Bias
- Operant Conditioning
- Matching Hypothesis
- In order for our relationship to be long and successful, both partners must be equally matched in attractiveness
- Complex matching: people are able to get people who are more physically attractive to them via compensatory assets
- Strengths
- Murstein
- People were asked to rate both halves of a LT engaged couple
- Couples were rated more similarly than in a control group of random people
- People were asked to rate both halves of a LT engaged couple
- Silverman
- Observers rated real couples on a 5 point scale
- High similarity in rating/attractiveness
- Observers rated real couples on a 5 point scale
- Murstein
- In order for our relationship to be long and successful, both partners must be equally matched in attractiveness
- RNST
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