PSYA3 Formation Mindmap
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- Created on: 07-05-16 15:45
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- Formation of Relationships
- Reward/Need Satisfaction Model (Byrne + Clore)
- A01
- We have several needs that satisfy our relationship such as eating together, being comforted, seeking company, social order, sex and being valued by others.
- We are rewarded Indirectly (Classical conditioning)
- Rewards include being near someone when we are happy so we form a positive association.
- We are rewarded directly (Operant conditioning)
- Rewards include smiling, laughing and generally anything positive.
- A02
- Veitch + Griffiths
- conducted a study in a waiting room in which they heard good or bad news and then asked to rate a stranger. The degree of liking the stranger was related to the type of news they heard.
- Hays
- Rewards may not be important as he found attraction was based on giving as well as receiving.
- Lott
- There may be a cultural bias in formation of relationships. Women in different cultures are more focused on other peoples needs than their own.
- Theory is based on western ideas thus, culturally biased.
- There may be a cultural bias in formation of relationships. Women in different cultures are more focused on other peoples needs than their own.
- The theory doesn't account for unrewarding relationships such as abusive ones as it doesn't explain why people stay in them.
- Theory has been criticised for using lab studies as they aren't real.
- Veitch + Griffiths
- A01
- Filter Model of Attraction (Kerckoff + Davis
- A01
- We use different filters to form relationships.
- Proximity - best predictor in the formation of relationships.
- Exposure - proximity increases chances of interactions.
- Similarities - people who think like us make us more confident
- Physical closeness - Halo effect
- Complementarity of needs
- We use different filters to form relationships.
- A02
- Festinger (Proximity)
- manipulated student rooms, they became friends with people who roomed near them.
- Dion (Physical closeness)
- Due to the halo effect, we see people who are attractive to have more attractive personalities.
- Walster (Physical attractivenes)
- Did a computer dance study and found the best predictor of a second date was physical attractiveness
- However, his study was criticised for being unrealistic.
- He did a further study where they were allowed to meet first which made a critical difference.
- However, his study was criticised for being unrealistic.
- Did a computer dance study and found the best predictor of a second date was physical attractiveness
- Murstein - Matching hypothesis (similarity)
- Ps rated photos of couples (some fake) the real couples were rated as highest which supports similarity.
- Festinger (Proximity)
- A01
- Reward/Need Satisfaction Model (Byrne + Clore)
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