PSYC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Confounding, Social Exchange Theory, Police Academy
30 Mar 2017
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Did not look like a monkey, but could give milk. Looked like a monkey, but could not give milk. Preferred warmth and comfort over food: hint at an important core the need to belong. Need to belong: relationships help people survive, the need to belong is universal, cultures around the world show similar behaviors. How do we relate to others: exchange relationships interactions based on equity and reciprocity. E. g. business relations: communal relationships interactions based on the principle of need. Input-to-output ratio does not have to be equal. Infant and caregiver enter unfamiliar room with toys, stranger walks in and caregiver leaves, caregiver returns after 3 minutes. Two dimensions anxiety and avoidance: childhood attachment. Avoidant attachment generally independent, self-relationship: adult attachment. Secure attachment comfortable with intimacy, want to be close to others during threat/uncertainty. Anxious-ambivalent attachment constantly expresses worries/concerns about relationships, excessively seeks closeness during threat/uncertainty.
