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VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIPS
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- 1Virtual relationshipsRelationships formed by email, chat rooms, social media
People feel more comfortable disclosing information about themselves by private messaging rather than face to face - 2Self-disclosureSelf-disclosure is higher on the internet than face to face as you can remain anonymous online
People often don’t disclose personal information about themselves in a relationship until they gain trust with their partner
Face to face interactions could also lead to humiliation or rejection - 3‘Strangers on a train’This phenomena suggests we are more likely to disclose personal information to strangers as there is a high chance that we will never see them again
- 4Gating‘Gates’ come with face to face relationships e.g physical attraction which can be absent online
- 5Absence of gatingAs a result of absence of gating, individuals are more likely to develop relationships online that they would not develop face to face as they are more likely to be their ‘true self’
Absence of gating also enables individuals t stretch the truth and present themselves as more socially desirable than they actually are - 6EVALUATION:) can help offline relationships as shy or unattractive people can create an identity online that they can’t establish in the ‘real’ world
- 7EVALUATION:) McKenna and Bargh
Looked at virtual relationships used by lonely people
Found they were more likely to express themselves online than face to face
70% of these relationships survived more than two years - 8EVALUATION:( are relationships are often multi-modal which means they are conducted online and offline
Shows our relationships are more complicated and not a question of on or offline
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- A level (RELATIONSHIPS ) Psychology Fichas sobre VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIPS, creado por Aamna Khan el 09/06/2018.
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