Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Carpool, Equity Theory, Reciprocal Liking

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

1. in initial encounters: proximity, familiarity, physical attractiveness. 1. rewards lead to positive affect (feelings); punishments lead to negative affect. 2. we"ll like people who reward us and dislike people who punish us. 3. we"ll like/dislike people even when they don"t cause our positive/negative feelings. Social exchange theories: focus explicitly on attraction in relationships. A relationship exists whenever people interact on a regular basis. e. g. , marriage, carpool, study group, professor and student. 1. satisfaction with a relationship depends on: rewards (what person receives) Affection, intimacy, companionship, approval, sex: costs (what person contributes) Time, effort, compromises, suffering (arguments), you can"t date other people. 2. rewards and costs can be expressed in terms of a ratio. : r/c: arguments of whether it should be expressed as a ration or as rewards - costs. For our discussion, we"re thinking about it in terms of a ratio. It"s nice to get as much out as we put in to a relationship.