PSYC 362 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Positive Illusions, Attachment Theory, Semantic Differential

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 362
• Professor: Rebecca Cobb

Document Summary

Motivations for having relationships = attachment theory says we have relationships so that. We can develop a sense of security. Use specific people as safe haven and secure base. We seek stability and consistency from our relationships to provide us a sense of comfort. We are motivated to expand our sense of self crave for novelty and consistency in relationships. What affects the quality and duration of romantic relationships. The way we learn to think about and respond to the world differing levels of security. Positive illusions, prediction biases, reconstructive memory, self- verification. Interpretations of partner behavior or explanations that one generates to understand a person"s motives. Internal: something about the person, personality, attributes, talents, skills, Stable: something that is unlikely to change. Attributions adaptive/ maladaptive depending on situation and type of attributions. Kindness is accidental and transgressions are deliberate hard to feel very happy. Individuals selectively recall and reinterpret past relationship events.