PSYCH-105 Module 9

Is Marriage Dying?

• marriage is changing rather than dying, with many still valuing it and seeking it out.

• The concept of marriage is evolving, with more couples prioritizing partnership and emotional support over traditional roles and expectation

• Only 1 in 10 Americans find marriage a need to live a fulfilling life

How Movies can Make Marriage Better

• Movies focusing on relationships, can offer couples a unique opportunity to strengthen their bond by sparking conversations, providing insights, and fostering empathy, potentially leading to a better marriage.

• Watching movies together, particularly those depicting relationships, can act as a "soft entry" into difficult conversations, allowing couples to discuss their own relationship dynamics in a less confrontational way.

• Movies can help couples see situations from different perspectives, fostering empathy and understanding for their partner's feelings and experiences

• Studies have even suggested that watching and discussing movies about relationships can be as effective as couples counseling in reducing divorce rates. 

Video Lesson: Social Psychology

• Casual Attributions

  • the process of identifying the cause of an event or behavior, attributing it to either internal (dispositional) or external (situational) factors, and is a core concept in attribution theory

• Dispositional Attribution

  • explaining someone's behavior or the cause of an event by attributing it to their inherent characteristics or internal factors, rather than situational or external factors

• Fundamental Attribution Error

  • a cognitive bias where people tend to overemphasize personality or dispositional factors when explaining the behavior of others, while underestimating the influence of situational factors

• Quizmaster Study

  • a classic example used to illustrate the fundamental attribution error, where people tend to overemphasize internal factors (like intelligence) and underestimate situational factors when explaining others' behavior

• Just world Hypothesis

  • a cognitive bias where people believe the world is inherently fair and that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people, leading to a tendency to blame victims for their misfortune

• Implicit theories of personality

  • cognitive structures people use to make assumptions about others, inferring traits based on limited information, and are influenced by individual experiences and biases

• Out Group Homogeneity Effecr

  • a social psychological phenomenon where individuals perceive members of an outgroup (a group they don't belong to) as more similar to each other than members of their own ingroup (a group they do belong to

• Diffusion of Responsibility

  • a psychological phenomenon where individuals feel less personal responsibility to act or intervene in a situation when others are present, believing someone else will take action