Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Virtual Community
23 May 2020
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Explain how self-disclosure is important to adjustment, citing ways to reduce the risks associated with it. Self-disclosure : the act of sharing information about yourself with another person. Breadth of self-disclosure = how many topics open to. Depth = how far one revealing private info. Both is greater with best friends than strangers. is important to adjustment for several reasons:1) sharing problems with others plays a key role in mental health. 2) self-disclosure helps build relationships. 3) emotional self-disclosures lead to feelings of closeness. 4) Self-disclosure in romantic relationships is associated with relationship satisfaction. high self-esteem have more positive self-disclosure while low rely on facebook as a virtual community. At the beginning, there are high levels of mutual self-disclosure, which taper off as the relationship becomes established. In established relationships, disclosures are not necessarily reciprocated in same conversation. eg. when a lover convey private info, you respond with sympathy than similar disclosure: discuss the role of self-disclosure in relationship development.
