Social Psychology Talbot Chapter 11,12 & 13 Attraction and Intimacy: Liking and Loving Others Altruism: Helping Others Peacemaking

Friendships Proximity –Interaction –Mere exposure Physical attractiveness –Attractiveness and dating –The matching phenomenon –The physical-attractiveness stereotype –Who is attractive?

Friendships Similarity versus complementarity –Do birds of a feather flock together? –Do opposites attract? Liking those who like us –Attribution –Self-esteem and attraction –Gaining another’s esteem 3 of 15 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Love Passionate love –Styles of love –A theory of passionate love –Variations in love Companionate love 4 of 15 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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Maintaining close relationships Attachment Equity Self-disclosure 5 of 15 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Ending relationships Who divorces? The detachment process 6 of 15 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Chapter 12: Altruism Why do we help? Social exchange –Helping as disguised self-interest –Empathy as a source of genuine altruism Social Norms –The reciprocity norm –The social-responsibility norm 2 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Why do we help? Evolutionary psychology –Kin protection –Reciprocity Comparing and evaluating theories of altruism 3 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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When will we help? Situational influences: –Number of Bystanders Noticing Interpreting Assuming responsibility –Helping when someone else does –Time Pressures 4 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Personal influences Feelings Personality Traits Religiosity 5 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Whom do we help? Gender Similarity 6 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

How can we increase helping? Undoing the restraints on helping –Reduce ambiguity, increase responsibility –Guilt and concern for self-image Socializing altruism –Teaching moral inclusion –Modeling altruism –Attributing helpful behavior to altruistic motives –Learning about altruism 7 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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Chapter 13: Conflict Social dilemmas –The prisoner’s dilemma –The tragedy of the commons –Resolving social dilemmas 2 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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Conflict Competition Perceived injustice Misperception –Mirror-image perceptions –Shifting perceptions 3 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Peacemaking Contact Cooperation –Common external threats –Superordinate goals –Cooperative learning –Generalizing positive attitudes –Group and superordinate identities 4 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Peacemaking Communication –Bargaining –Mediation –Arbitration Conciliation –GRIT 5 of 10 Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.