Relationships studies
- Created by: Ellie Wilsher
- Created on: 26-05-14 10:56
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- Relationships
- Formation
- Reward/Needs Satisfaction theory (byrne and Clore)
- Support- Aron et al (questionnaire then tested dopamine levels)
- Challenge- Hays (individuals prefer fairness and give partner priority)
- Matching Hypothesis
- Challenge- Walster (752 at freshers dance)
- Support- Mustein (8 judge 197 couples attractiveness)
- Reward/Needs Satisfaction theory (byrne and Clore)
- Maintenance
- Equity Theory
- Support- Stafford and Canary (200 married couples asked to fill in questionnaire, satisfaction was highst in those with percieved fairness
- Challenge- Clark and Mills (exchange relationships keep count but communal relationships dont)
- Social Exchange Theory (Thibaut and Kelley)
- Support- Simpsn et al (asked to rate attractiveness of photos, those in relationships gave lower marks)
- Challenge- Sedikides (relationship increases self esteem. we are capable of being altruistic when we bolster our partners self esteem
- Equity Theory
- Breakdown (Rollie and Duck)
- Support- Gray and Silver (Couples who had been married for 10 years, but filed for divorce, told story putting them in best light)
- Challenge- Kassin (women say stress and incompatibility for breakup, men blame sex)
- Challenge- Argyle (women say lack of emotional support men blame lack of fun)
- Influence of culture
- Support- LeVine et al (young people asked if they would marry someone they did not love, 49% of Indians and 7% British said yes
- Challenge- Singh (beauty contest winners 0.7 WHR)
- Challenge- Buss (Across cultures men rated looks important and women preferred older richer men)
- Influence of childhood experiences (Bowlby)
- Challenge- Zimmerman et al (studied group of German kids, found LE had more effect than child attachment type)
- Chllenge- Rutter et al (Those who had insecure attachments can have good ships
- Challenge- Richard and Schneider (Gender diffs, girls have more intimate friendships than boys)
- Evolutionary approach to parental investment
- Support- Clark and Hatfield (96 uni students asked for date or sex. equal M+F went on date, 75% M agreed to sex)
- Suport- Geher (91 uni grads filled at parental investment perception scale, how they see themselves as parents in the future. No diff between M+F found. But hen asked questions males showed higher ANS arousal which shows they uncomfortable
- Relationship between sexual selectiona and human reproduction
- Supported- Buss (37 samples from 6 continents total of 10047 pps, asked what age want to marry and characteristics needed in a partner. Men rated looks important, women rated older with money important
- Support- Singh (0.7 WHR)
- Challenge- Strassberg and Holty (placed 4 females seeking male ads. most popular was "independent, successful and ambitious" above"lovely, slim and attractive")
- Formation
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