Self-Disclosure
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- Created on: 13-12-17 15:43
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- Self-Disclosure
- Collins and Miller (1994) suggest that Self
disclosure has been shown to influence
attraction in 3 ways:
- 1 - P's who engage in ‘intimate disclosures’ are liked more that P's who don't
- 2 - P's disclose more to those they like in the 1st place.
- 3 - self-disclosure makes us like the P we are speaking to.
- Self-disclosure works best when it is reciprocal.
- Spreecher et al (2013)
- Looked at the effects of self-disclosure reciprocity on initial liking.
- P's in some pairs took turns asking and answering questions in 2 interactions.
- P's who disclosed reciprocally reported greater liking, closeness, similarity, and enjoyment than P's who disclosed non-reciprocally.
- Involved pairs of P's taking part in a structured self-disclosure activity.
- In other pairs, P's disclosed or listened in 1st meeting and then switched disclosure roles in a 2nd meeting.
- Still differences after 2nd meeting, even though P's in non-reciprocally disclosing pairs switched roles and experienced reciprocity.
- Evaluation
- Reality TV misrepresents self-disclosure as it happens very quickly on TV
- Boom and Bust - online there is anonymity so people reveal quickly (boom) and it becomes hard to sustain (Bust)
- Cultures differ in which topics are appropriate for conversation
- A meta-analysis found that people who disclose more are liked than those who don't
- It may be greater FtF than online as it lacks intimacy and trust
- Collins and Miller (1994) suggest that Self
disclosure has been shown to influence
attraction in 3 ways:
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