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- Sexual selection and partner preferences115
- Childhood experiences and adult relationships25
- Relationship formation and attraction184
- Relationship maintenance100
- Love and friendship5
- Conflict in relationships8
- Relationship breakdown78
- Cultural influences on relationships32
- Virtual relationships20
- Parasocial relationships and celebrity attraction29
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Biological Approach: Explain relationship formation (5 marks) Biological Approach: Explain relationship formation (5 marks)Specifically Parent and Infant relationshipsEvolutionary influences & NeurotransmittersEvolutionary Influences Adaptive behaviour Evolutionary theory of att...
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Human Relations Section 3 Frustration is the feeling you get when events beyond your control keep you from reaching a goal. As you're surely aware, frustration occurs in everyone's life. Some frustrations are small, like jumping into the ...
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Relationships revision Relationship formation: socio biological theory - suggests that men want women with a nubile shape and youthful features because this is signs of fertility - selfish gene theory - they just want to survive and pass on...
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SEXUAL SELECTION & HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR - created from Mind Map INTER preference of certain qualities in the opposite sex determines the areas in which the other sex must compete these are indicators of 'good genes' or 'good parents' and humans are preprogrammed to attend to displ...
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Formation - created from Mind Map REWARD/NEED SATISFACTION THEORY attraction to those satisfying & gratifying to be with. seek rewarding stimuli & avoid punishing stimuli. (produce positive or negative feelings) rewards reflect our unmet needs. mutual...
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Relationships IDA points Relationship Formation Reward/Need Satisfaction Theory: Most of the studies into RNS theory are lab studies, which reduces their mundane realism and means they are less generalisable to everyday life. For example, man...
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RELATIONSHIPS A01 NON - WESTERN CULTURES Less urban Areas Less choice of who they interact with Family and economic status of group main concern Group goals and Interests are consistant with formation of romantic relationships Lasts lo...
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MAINTENANCE - created from Mind Map SOCIAL EXCHANGE maximise rewards & minimise costs, make a profit companionship, care effort, financial investment reward - costs = outcome. commitment to a relationship depends on the profitability of this outcom...
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CULTURAL INFLUENCES - created from Mind Map VOLUNTARY/NON-VOLUNTARY WESTERN: urban, easy geographical/social mobility. Interact with many people daily so high degree of choice. NON-WESTERN: fewer urban centers, less mobility, less choice about who they interact...
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Discuss research into the maintenance of romantic relationships - essay Discuss research into the maintenance of romantic relationships. (8+16 marks)One theory that attempts to explain the maintenance of romantic relationships is social exchange theory. This is a theory that argues that t...
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BREAKDOWN (2) - created from Mind Map EVALUATING DUCK'S MODEL dissolution stages don't apply to all cases and don't always take place in this order the model may not apply to homosexual relationships that do not involve decisions about children such as he...
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Exam Review Main takeaway from class, Human beings are social creatures, we all feel a need to belong. Main takeaway from divorce, We can all be more charming, kind, and more rewarding partners if we want to be! ...
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Formation of Romantic Relationships Reward/Need Satisfaction Theory AO1:Rewards and Punishments:We are most likely to form a relationship with people who we find rewarding, for example people who make us laugh and produce a positive feeling within us. O...
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BREAKDOWN - created from Mind Map REASONS FOR BREAKDOWN LACK OF SKILLS individuals may lack the interpersonal skills to make a relationship satisfying. poor conversationalists poor at indicating their interest in other people and likely to be generall...
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Topic 4: Lecture two "Appearance is a valid guide to character" - Derived from ancient Greek idea that you can read someones personality from their face (Physigimonic) .Physigimonic information has a consistent effect on decision making a...
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Sexual Selection & Human Reproductive Behaviour - created from Mind Map Intrasexual Selection: Intersexual Selection: Men have a greater desire for casual sex & tend to seek sex earlier in the relationship
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Maintenance of Relationships aSocial Exchange Theory:AO1:This theory argues that the maintenance of romantic relationships is based on economic principles. Fundamentally, humans are selfish and run their relationships keeping an eye on the exchan...
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THE FORMATION OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS - created from Mind Map REWARD/NEED SATISFACTION THEORY SIMILARITY REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS
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Social Exchange Theory A01 Social Exchange Theory - According to SET, the underlying principle of the formation of relationships is that all people are fundamentally selfish. - We view our feelings for others in terms of profits (rewards minus ...
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Breakdown of relationships - created from Mind Map_1 Duck 1988 - Four stage model of dissolution (2) Dydalic phase (3) Social phase (4) Grave dressing phase (1) Intra-psychich phase Social exchange theory Less profitable relationships are more vunerable to termination C...
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Maintenance of relationships WALSTER - EQUITY THEORY Explains why some partners do and some don't manage to maintain their relationships Believes that couples strive to achieve fairness among eachother If unfairness is perceived then stress and d...
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Lecture 7: Definitions & Theories The propinquity effect: the closer you live the more likely you are to become friends the more we see and interact with people the more likely they are to become our friends The mere exposure effect: The more exposure...
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Reward/Need Satisfaction Theory A01 Reward/Need Satisfaction Theory- States we are most likely to form relationships with people we find rewarding (e.g. make us laugh) and produce a positive feeling within us.- Other rewards may include physical attract...
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Human Relationships - created from Mind Map
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Psychology | Unit 3 | Relationships - Sexual Selection - created from Mind Map Types of Sexual Selection Gender Differences Preferences
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Relationships Affect Theory (Byrne & Clore) Based on classical & operant conditioning Formation Rewards in a relationship reinforce positive emotions e.g. happiness (affect component)If these rewards are maintained then the relatio...
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RELATIONSHIPS - created from Mind Map FORMATION MAINTENANCE BREAKDOWN
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WEEK 6: ROMANCE, EMPATHY & LIFE SATISFACTION WEEK 6: Romance, Empathy & Life Satisfaction Empathy Understanding Happines How to Buy Happiness Romantic Attraction & Close Relationships 1. Empathy- many social problems arise due to a lack of empathy- Affective Emp...
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Romance and friendship momentary experience of love helps intimate partners remain committed to each other (love as a commitment device, lead to the following three hypothesis) experience of love: love would correlate with approach-related ...
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Behavioural Approach: Explain relationship formation (5 marks) Behavioural Approach: Explain relationship formation (5 marks)Reinforcement Affect Model (Byrne & Clore 1971) We are motivated to form a relationship with anyone that makes us feel good OR that we associate with feeli...
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Parasocial Relationship Levels of Parasoical relationshipEntertainment Social- This intense of the levelsCelebrities are viewed as a source of entertainment and therefore provide talking topics for social interactionsIntense-Personal-Interme...
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Relationships - created from Mind Map Definition: A binding, usually continuous association between individuals wherein one has some influence on feelings/actions of the other Core Factors Types of Relationships
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Breakdown of relationships - created from Mind Map Duck 1988 - Four stage model of dissolution (1) Intra-psyhic phase (2) Dydalic phase (3) Social phase (4) Grave dressing phase Breakdown of relationships
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