PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Psych, Double Standard, Social Exchange Theory
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Behaviors of people with low self-esteem can undermine a relationship. May be distrustful and doubt people love them. Behaviors of people with high self-esteem are the opposite. I don"t have to put up with this! . Narcissists may hog the credit, tend to be less committed, and. Maintaining relationships overestimate how attractive they are. Whether relationships continue depends partly on how people deal with temptation. I love you more each day (?) Investment model: three factors-satisfaction, alternatives, and investments. Alternatives- thinking about other prospects in regard to partners and will make comparisons to other prospects. Relationship-enhancing attribution style: attribute partner"s good acts to internal factors and bad acts to external factors. Distress-maintaining attribution style: attribute partner"s good acts to external factors and bad acts to internal factors. People fall in love with an idealized version of each other; difficult to sustain. Idealize each other and you will stay together longer.
