PSYCO241 Lecture : Attraction and relations march 20.docx
1 May 2014
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What is clear that most people fall in the middle i. e. we need to have at least 3 4 good relationships that helps us out. ). we also want an optimal level of human being social contact in that ( we don"t want too much but neither do we want way too low of this: a sociostat (social thermostat: just like thermostat regulates a temperature and our body keep homeostatic this socio stat regulates our social interaction, rat"s research: research has shown that rat that has been with the conspecific for a long time, they want a long time now, they don"t want to be with other any longer. It was not useful in this case to wait with other individuals: loneliness: a feeling of deprivation about existing social relations (i. e. the ideal vs. actual self discrepancies usually create this. you think about your ideal social contact and compare that to actual social contact.
