Outline and evaluate one model of the formation of romantic relationships
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- Created on: 29-05-14 16:13
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- Outline + evaluate one model of the formation of romantic relationships
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- Evaluating: must become aware = factors not outlined may influence formation
- e.g Hays found students value GIVING + RECEIVING
- Suggests model too simplistic
- e.g Hays found students value GIVING + RECEIVING
- Evaluating: must become aware = factors not outlined may influence formation
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- Model is determinist
- suggests we form relationships because they're rewarding
- strips us of free will
- Too much emphasis on behavioural approach
- Could be suggested, from cognitive view, it is the way we view an individual which influences formation
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- Also find people rewarding through association
- If meet someone in pleasant mood = associate them w/ that mood
- May + Hamilton support this
- M + H found: female students who were asked how attractive they found a strangers photo, voted stranger as better looking when listening to pleasant music compared to unpleasant/no music.
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- Also cultural bias.
- Social relationships in non-western cultures = little concern for rewards
- Hill found: kinship bonds were influential + did not rely on rewards.
- suggests model reductionist.
- Clear there are other factors which influence formation - not just rewards
- suggests model reductionist.
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- Research into reward model, + model itself, fails to look at individual differences
- e.g. what a person looks for may change with age
- May + Hamilton provide support for model with students
- Not representative of all age groups
- e.g. single parents may look for a partner suitable for children
- Not representative of all age groups
- Research into reward model, + model itself, fails to look at individual differences
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- Argyle = rewarding individuals are liked the most
- Example of positive reinforcement= non-verbal signs (smiling)
- Smiling = sign of liking
- May be negatively reinforced = being helped in time of need
- Both increase liking
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- Byrne + Clore = reward/need satisfaction model
- According to model = relationships formed because they're rewarding
- Rewarded in 2 ways:
- Operant conditioning (direct reinforcement)
- Classical conditioning (through association)
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- Gender differences which model failed to account for
- Lott found: women socialised to be more attentive to needs of other rather than their own.
- Suggesting model is reductionist doesn't represent these differences
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- Alternative model: The matching hypothesis
- Received support from data in real world: correlation studies e.g. Murstein
- Murstein: strong evidence for matching hypothesis in real couples
- + weakens reward/need model
- Provides evidence it takes a simplistic view + fails to consider other factors
- + weakens reward/need model
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