Interpersonal Relationships

✍ Scribed by Diana Dwyer

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 188
• Series: Routledge Modular Psychology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Interpersonal Relationships considers friendship and more intimate relationships including theories of why we need them, how they are formed, what we get out of them and the stages through which they go. Social and cultural variations are discussed as well as the effects of relationships on our well-being and happiness. The book is tailor-made for the student new to higher-level study. With its helpful textbook features provided to assist in examination and learning techniques, it should interest all introductory psychology and sociology students, as well as those training for the caring services, such as nurses.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 10
List of illustrations......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Types of relationships......Page 19
Correlations......Page 20
Experiments......Page 21
Selection of participants......Page 22
Types of relationships......Page 24
Friendship......Page 28
Relationships with relations......Page 29
Romantic relationships......Page 30
Summary......Page 31
Types of love......Page 33
Rubin's model of liking and loving......Page 34
Commentary......Page 35
Sternberg's triangle of love......Page 36
Commentary......Page 37
Types of love and attachment styles......Page 41
Commentary......Page 42
Summary......Page 44
Factors determining relationship formation......Page 47
Exceptions......Page 49
Why is proximity important......Page 50
Similarity......Page 51
The effects of similarity in different kinds of relationships......Page 52
Matching by relative attractiveness......Page 53
Is similarity or difference influential?......Page 54
Why is similarity important?......Page 55
Why is physical attraction important?......Page 56
Reciprical liking......Page 57
Qualifications and exceptions to the principle of reciprocal liking......Page 58
Competence......Page 59
Why is competence important?......Page 60
Theories of interpersonal attraction......Page 63
The effect of classical conditioning on liking......Page 64
Evaluation......Page 65
Social exchange theory......Page 67
Alternatives......Page 68
Evaluation......Page 70
Equity theory......Page 71
Evaluation......Page 73
Sociobiology......Page 74
Evaluation......Page 75
Summary......Page 77
The maintenance and course of relationships......Page 79
Murstein: stimulus-value-role model......Page 81
Levinger: stage theory model......Page 82
Evaluation of filter and stage theories......Page 83
Summary......Page 85
The dissolution of relationships......Page 87
Conflicts in relationships......Page 88
The positive side of conflicts......Page 91
The intrapsychic phase: focus on partner......Page 93
Commentary on Duck's model......Page 94
Rusbult and Zembrodt's model of responses to relationship dissatisfaction......Page 95
Commentary on Rusbult and Zembrodt's model......Page 96
Concluding comments......Page 97
Summary......Page 98
Components and effects of relationships......Page 101
Commentary......Page 103
Components of relationships: rules......Page 104
Clustering of rules......Page 105
Functions of rules......Page 107
Health and happiness......Page 109
Effects on physical health......Page 110
Effects on mental health......Page 111
Effects on happiness......Page 112
Effects of loss of a relationship......Page 113
Reasons why social support affects health and happiness......Page 114
The negative effects of relationships......Page 115
Individual, social and cultural variations in relationships......Page 119
Limitations to research......Page 120
Similarities......Page 121
Gender differences in same-sex friendships......Page 124
Adult friendships......Page 125
However......Page 126
Cross-cultural differences in heterosexual relationships......Page 127
Choosing a partner......Page 128
Assessing marital happiness......Page 129
Types of relationships studied......Page 130
Summary......Page 131
Study aids......Page 135
Practice essay 1......Page 136
Practice essay 2......Page 139
Practice essay 3......Page 144
Key research summary......Page 146
Article 2......Page 149
Article 3......Page 153
Glossary......Page 159
Bibliography......Page 163