PSY327H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Masturbation, Neuroticism, Soltyrei
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Page 1 38: humans are very social species, people suffer when they are deprived of close contact with others, good relationships with others brings humans joy. Poor relationships with others brings humans sorrow. Intimacy is a multi-faceted concept with many different components. Intimate relationships differ from casual associations in 7 ways: knowledge. Intimate partners have extensive personal and confidential knowledge about each other. They share information about their histories, preferences, feelings, and desires that they don"t share with most other people. What each partner does affects what the other partner wants to do and can do. Interdependence: the extent to which intimate partners need and influence each other. Interdependence is frequent (they often affect each other), strong (they have meaningful impacts on each other), diverse (the influence each other in different ways), and enduring (they influence each other over long periods of time: caring. They feel more affection for one another than they do for others.