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Chapter 10: Relationships |
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why are interpersonal relationships hard to study? |
can't randomly assign people to become friends/intimate; unethical -instead, use technical stats to "unfurl" the data |
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Theories: (Baumeister & Leary) why do relationships exist? |
there exists a basic biological need to belong 1. evolution - it's how we maintained survival 2. universal - many cultures have it 3. satiable - need when we don't have 4. no relationships - negative mental and physical consequences; increase chance of suicide, decrease immune health (ie: elephants and feral children are examples of how socially dysfunctional the lack of relationships can make someone) |
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Harlow's monkeys |
two monkey mothers: wire with bottle of milk (suggests needs for sustenance/life support) vs cloth with no bottle (suggests need for attachment/comforting) results: when baby monkey (who is raised in isolation) is scared, it runs to be comforted by cloth mother |
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consequences of social rejection |
shorter life spans, strong sensitivity to social rejection -increase chronic pain, ailments, increase childbirth pain, increase stress -fMRI - increase activity in areas of the brain that are related to physical pain (anterior cingulate) after social rejection feedback (ie: "these two people don't like you" and then observe person) |