Psych 2700 Exam 3 UCONN

Social Exchange Theory

We do things based on a cost-reward system

ex: guy on date donates to a homeless person to look good

Four factors of the social exchange theory

Rewards, Costs, Outcome, Comparison level

High comparison level

You have unrealistic expectations

ex: seeing a movie about relationships

Low comparison level

You have more grounded expectations, know things will not be perfect; you expect costs

High comparison for alternatives

High expectations, easily hop from relationship to relationship because no one meets them

Low comparison for alternatives

Stay in relationship because it could be worse

Factors of investment models

1) satisfaction level

2) opinions on alternatives

3) how great investment is

Steps in breaking up

1) Intrapersonal

2) Dyadic

3) Social

4) Intrapersonal

Intrapersonal stage of breaking up

Thinking about breaking up

and final stage when you internalize events of breakup and make sense of it

Dyadic stage of breakup

Talking to partner about breaking up

Social stage of breakup

telling other people about breakup

4 Behaviors in troubled relationships

Destructive:

1) actively harming (abuse)

2) passively harming (ignoring problems, ignoring partner)

Constructive:

3) Actively improving relationship (charity)

4) Passively remaining loyal (not cheating, being supportive/optimistic)

What benefits does helping give us?

1) norm of reciprocity

2) relieves distress of standing idley by

3) social approval and self-worth

Empathy-Altruism model

Altruism when we feel empathy

social exchange follows after (but only when not empathetic)

Group selection

No, _______________ is not universally supported

Feel good, do good helping reasons (prolonged happiness)

1) prolongs happiness

2) gives us the benefit of the doubt

3) makes us look in and want to do good

more

People in small towns are _______ likely to help

Steps of deciding whether to intervene

1) Notice

2) interpret

3) assume responsibility

4) knowledge about solution

5) implementation

What steps can be taken to increase help?

1) knowing effects

2) overcoming inhibitions

3) volunteering --> intrinsic

relational agression

manipulating relationships

ex: girls talking trash/being bitchy

Prejudice

affective component

not liking a certain race

Stereotype

cognitive component

ex: black people drink kool-aid

Discrimination

behavioral component

ex: in-class video

Social distance

reluctance to get "too close" to other group

Eros

passionate, physical love

Storge

love from friendship

Ludus

love as a game

Pragma

pragmatic love

Mania

insane, emotional rollercoaster-type love

Agape

self less love

Aversive incidents

incidents such as heat/pain/attacks that make us more likely to be agressive

Increases

Being in a group ________________ aggression

Albert Bandura

scientist who studied aggression in children

proximity

____________ is the strongest friendship factor

Contact hypothesis

A way to diffuse tension between certain groups of people

ex: jigsaw puzzle classroom

Self-evaluation maintenance theory

how you view yourself in comparison to others

What brain chemicals does being in love affect

Dopamine

Relative deprivation

the perception that you or your group have less than you deserve, less than what you have expected, or less than what people similar to you have

Predictors of Liking

Propinquity, similarity, attractiveness, reciprocal liking

When do people stay in relationships?

1) satisfaction level

2) comparison level

3) how great the investment is