Intimate Relationships
Psychology Press (Verlag)
978-0-205-45446-4 (ISBN)
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Presented at a level equally suited for beginning and advanced students of the field, Intimate Relationships covers both classic and current material. Chapters range from attraction to love, attachment to jealousy, conflict to relationship dissolution – all written in a warm, personal, and engaging voice.
Each chapter is organized around the major issues and relevant theories, in addition to a critical evaluation about the research. When appropriate, the authors discuss and evaluate popular ideas about relationship processes in the context of scientific research. This includes critical evaluations of evolutionary approaches to attraction, victim-based accounts of abuse, and the separate-cultures view of the sexes.
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Ralph Erber is professor of psychology and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at DePaul University. He received his undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of Mannheim and his Ph.D. in psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. His work has been published in a number of places, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. He is also the author and editor of several books, including Understanding Genocide: The Social Psychology of the Holocaust (with Len Newman). He was president of the Midwestern Psychological Association in 2005-2006, and with Leonard Martin edited Psychological Inquiry from 2003-2009. Maureen Wang Erber is professor of psychology at Northeastern Illinois University where she is Associate Chair of the department. Her Bachelor’s degree includes a double major in Psychology and French, with certificates from L’Institute Catholique and the Sorbonne in Paris. She received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Her work has been published in a number of places, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Her research interests include conflict and trust in intimate relationships and mate-choice copying. The authors met at a social psychology conference in October 1988 and were married the following summer. They live in north suburban Chicago with their children Kekoa and Kai, two cats, a pet turtle, and assorted fish. The game of soccer is one of the many passions they share.
Chapter 1
Strangers, Friends, and Lovers
Why Is Life So Complicated?
The Need for Affiliation
The Need for Intimacy
The Need to Belong
The Inevitability of Social Relationships
Intimate Relationships Yesterday and Today
The Way We Were
The Way We Are Now
Chapter 2
Methods to Study Relationships
The Science of Intimate Relationships: Controversies and Issues
Methodology: Data Collection and Analysis
Archival Research
Systematic Observation
Interviews and Surveys
Interpreting Survey Data: Correlations
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Research
Experimentation
Experimental and Mundane Realism
INTERPRETING EXPERIMENTAL DATA: DYADIC EFFECTS
Collecting Couple Data
Data Collection in Real Time: Recording Ongoing Interactions
Speed-Dating as a Research Paradigm
Data Collection in the Internet Age
Meta-Analysis: The Analysis of Analyses
Chapter 3
Physical Attraction
Physical Attractiveness and Dating Choices
Standards of Attractiveness: Bodies and Faces
Mirror, Mirror…
Evolution and Attractiveness
The Importance of Averageness and Symmetry
Cognitive Mechanisms
The Physical Attractiveness Stereotype: Beauty is as Beauty Does
The “What Is Beautiful Is Good” Stereotype
Cute Boys and Girls Are Better People, Too
Infants Prefer Beautiful Faces
Socialization
Is the Attractiveness Stereotype Culturally Universal?
“Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful:” Some Ugly Truths about Attractiveness
Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?
Context Influences
Dispositional Influences
Attractiveness and Dating: A Reprise
Chapter 4
Psychological Attraction
Theory-Driven Approaches
Implicit Egotism
The Classical and Operant Conditioning of Liking
Attraction as Misattribution of Arousal
Characteristics of Others (Part I): The Gleam of Praise
Characteristics of Others (Part II): Agreement Is Everything
Similarity: Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together?
Complementarity: Do Opposites Attract?
Phenomenon-Driven Approaches
Proximity: Marrying the Boy or Girl Next Door
Playing “Hard to Get”: Do We Love Those We Cannot Have?
The Allure of Secret Relationships
What Is So Lethal about Fatal Attractions?
Chapter 5
Self-Presentation and Self-disclosure
Flirtation
Self-Presentation
Self-Presentation Norms
Self-Presentation in the Heat of Interaction
Detecting Deceit in Self-Presentation
Models of Self-Disclosure
Self-Disclosure as Social Penetration
Self-Disclosure Reciprocity
Individual Differences in Self-Disclosure
Gender-related differences
Self-Monitoring
Self-Consciousness
Anxiety, Trust, and Machiavellianism
Context Influences on Self-Disclosure
Self-Disclosure in Mature Relationships
Chapter 6
Fairness and Equity
The Nature of Resources Exchanged
Rewards and Costs
Variety of Resources Exchanged
Determining What Is Fair: Equity Theory
Establishing Whether There Is Equity
Do People Really Seek Equity?
Reactions to Inequity
Evaluating Relationship Outcomes: Comparison Levels
The Thibaut and Kelley Model
The Investment Model
Close Relationships as Communal Relationships
Giving and Receiving Benefits
Controversies Surrounding the Communal-Exchange Distinction
Chapter 7
Love and Emotion
Liking and Loving: A Conceptual Distinction
The Prototype of Love
Causal Theories of Love
The Evolution of Love
Love as Misattribution of Arousal
Love as Preoccupation with the Other
Type Theories of Love
The Colors of Love
Primary Love Styles
Secondary Love Styles
Research on Love Styles
A Triangular Theory of Love
Passionate Love and Companionate Love
Individual Differences in Love
Gender
Differences Due to Age and Relationship Duration
Love over Time: Does It Get Better or Worse?
Beyond Love: A Quick Look at Guilt
Chapter 8
Attachment
Patterns of Attachment in Infancy
Causes of Different Attachment Patterns
Adult Attachment
From Infant Attachment to Adult Attachment: Models of Transition
Consequences of Adult Attachment Styles
Attachment Style and Emotional Control
Attachment Style and Partner Choice
Attachment Styles, Relationship Satisfaction, and Stability
Chapter 9
Sexuality
Attitudes about Sex: A Brief History
A Brief History of Research on Sex
Alfred Kinsey: What We Do When the Lights Are Out
Sex in the United States Today
Sex Around the World
Sexual Interactions
Sexual Pathways
Sexual Communication
Sex and the Married Couple: How Often Is Enough?
Extradyadic Sex
Sexual Orientation
The Social Construction of Sexual Orientation
Biological Essentialism
The Exotic Becomes Erotic: The EBE Theory of Sexual Orientation
Gay Brothers, but not Lesbian Sisters
Can a Straight Person Have a Same-sex Love Relationship?
Homophobia
Chapter 10
Communication and Relationship Management
Sex Differences in Communication
Interruptions: Let Me Finish, Please!
Language Use and Conversation Management
Politeness
Tag Questions
Qualifiers and Hedges
Back-Channeling
Emotionality and Support
Men and Women: Different Cultures, Different Planets, Different “Degrees?”
Different Cultures or Different Skills?
Managing Relationships
Transactive Memory in Close Relationships
Creating and Maintaining Satisfying Relationships
Idealization
Attributions
Expectations
The Special Case of Long-Distance Relationships
Chapter 11
Fidelity and Jealousy
Fidelity and Jealousy across Time and Cultures
Fidelity
A Brief History of Jealousy
Defining Jealousy
Envy: I Want What I Cannot Have (or You Can’t Always Get What You Want…)
Sources of Jealousy: The Jealous Person, the Partner, and the Rival
The Jealous Person
The Partner
The Rival
Social Cognitive Approaches to Jealousy
Reactions to Jealousy
Gender Differences in Perceptions of Threat
Gender and Reactions to Infidelity: Two Approaches
Gender and Reactions to Jealousy: “Every breath you take, …I’ll be watching you.”
Coping with the Green-Eyed Monster
An Attachment Approach to Jealousy
Chapter 12
Relationship Violence and Abuse
Relationship Violence: Its Definition and Measurement
Consequences of Relationship Violence
Causes of Relationship Violence
Common Beliefs and Realities
Alcohol and Relationship Violence
The Macrocontext of Relationship Violence
The Microcontext of Relationship Violence: Individual Dispositions
The Need for Power
Power and Abuse
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENES AND INTERACTION VARIABLES
Sexual Violence
Sexual Harassment
Coercive Sex
Chapter 13
Conflict
Conflict between Lovers versus Strangers
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Nature of Conflict in Intimate Relationships
Defining Conflict
From Order to Disorder: Types of Conflicts
Sources of Conflict: “I Said . . . , You Said . . .”
Gender and Conflict: “He Said . . . , She Said . . .”
Age and Conflict
Attribution and Conflict: Partner-Level Sources of Conflict
Reactions to Conflict
Peterson’s Stage Model: How We “Fight”
Expression versus Avoidance
What We Think and How We Feel
Affect Reciprocity and Attributions
Attachment Style and Conflict Resolution
Transforming Relationships—From Conflict to Growth
The Social Skill of Conflict Resolution
Conflict in Context
Balance Theory of Marriage and Conflict
Transforming Relationships with Forgiveness—“Love means you should say you’re sorry”
Chapter 14
Dissolution and Its Aftermath
Dissolution of Intimate Relationships: The End of Romance
Causes of Dissolution
Barrier Models of Dissolution
Other Models of Dissolution
Evolutionary Approaches to Dissolution
Sex Differences in Dissolution
The Aftermath of Relationship Dissolution
Emotional Distress
Loneliness
Who Are the Lonely Hearts?
Feelings and Sources of Loneliness
Unrequited Love
In the Wake of Divorce
Divorce and Health
Structural and Sociological Factors Related to Divorce
Children of Divorce
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.5.2010 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Philadelphia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 100 x 100 mm |
| Gewicht | 100 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-205-45446-1 / 0205454461 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-205-45446-4 / 9780205454464 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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