PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Attachment Theory, Reward System, Married People
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There+ is+ a+ diffusion+ of+ responsibility,+ we+ expect+ others+ to+ help. + thus,+ the+ greater+ the+ number+of+people+the+less+likely+that+any+of+them+will+report+ Many+ of+ the+ research+ findings+ on+ the+ subject+ consider+ the+ adaptiveness+ of+ forming+ lasting+ affiliative+bonds+with+others. ++ Friendships+often+form+among+people+who+belong+to+the+same+groups. +proximity+might+have+its+ effects,+ because+ people+ like+ familiar+ things+ more+ than+ unfamiliar+ ones. + humans+ generally+ fear+ anything+ novel,+ a+ phenomenon+ known+ as+ neophobia. + yet,+ the+ more+ familiar+ we+ are+ with+ someone,+the+more+we+become+aware+of+how+we+are+different. ++ Personal+ characteristics:+ people+ tend+ to+ especially+ like+ those+ who+ have+ admirable+ personality+ traits+ and+ who+ are+ physically+ attractive,+ both+ as+ friends+ and+ lovers. + table+ p. 560. + generally+ people+like+those+who+have+personal+characteristics+valuable+for+the+group. +too+perfect+people+ make+others+uncomfortable. + Children+as+young+as+6+months+old+like+to+look+at+attractive+faces. +even+mothers+treat+attractive+ children+ differently;+ they+ are+ much+ more+ affectionate+ and+ playful,+ and+ express+ slightly+ more+ positive+attitudes+towards+those+infants. ++ The+ correlation+ between+ attractiveness+ and+ other+ characteristics+ appears+ small. + they+ are+ even+ similar+to+less+attractive+people+in+selfgesteem. +this+could+be+because+attractive+people+learn+to+ distrust+attention+from+others,+because+they+assume+that+people+like+them+for+their+good+looks. + In+ north+ america,+ 50%+ of+ marriages+ fail,+ often+ within+ the+ 1st+ few+ years. + miller:+ married+ people+ are+meaner+to+each+other+than+they+are+to+total+strangers. + Dealing+ with+ conflict:+ a+ way+ people+ deal+ with+ conflict+ is+ a+ determinant+ of+ whether+ the+ relationship+will+last. ++