HD 462 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Demography Of The United States, Silent Treatment, Storge

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HD 462
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Friendship: define friendship, noting its affective, communal, and sociable aspects. Differentiate friendship from love using the five components of rewarding intimacy (respect, trust, capitalization, social support, and responsiveness) with special attention to the complexity of social support in close relationships. Friendships are based on the same building blocks of intimacy as romances are, but the mix of components is usually different. Affection- friends like, trust, and care for each other. Companionship- friends are sources of recreation and fun. Compared to romances, friendships are less passionate, less exclusive, and less confining. Rich friendships are intimate relationships that involve respect, trust, capitalization, social support, and responsiveness. Capitalization occurs when others enthusiastically enhance our happiness by being excited when good things happen to us. Responsiveness involves the attentive and supportive recognition of our needs and interests: identify the rules of friendship and reflect on how likely we are to follow them and whether they are linked to relationship success.