Frienship-Adult Friendships: Identifiable Stages Of Developmental Psychology
Developmental Psychology Notes for Chapter 12
Relationships:
Frienship-Adult friendships can be viewed as having identifiable stages: ABCDE model describes the different stages:
Acquaintances
Buildup
Continuation
Deterioration
Ending tend to have more friends and aquantances during young adulthood than any subsequent period. A persons's life satisfaction is strongly related to the quantity and quality of contacts with friends
People whom have friendships across ethnic groups have more positive attitudes toward people with diff. Backgrounds.
Play a major role in determining how much we enjoy life
3 Broad themes to ult friendships are: affective or emotional basis of friendships Shared or communal nature of friendships Sociability and …show more content…
Pool of available people to meet is strongly shaped by the opportunities available, which constrains the type of people one is likely to meet. Once people meet....apply 3 filters, representing discrete stages: Stimulus: do the person's physical appearance, social class, and manners match your own? Values: do the person's values regarding, sex, religion, politics match my own? Role: do the person's ideas about relationship,communication style and gender roles , match my own? ***If answers are “yes” you are more likely to form a couple. 2 Main dimensions emerged when comparing couple-forming behaviours cross-culturally: 1)Characteristics of a desirable mate changed because of cultural
Relationships:
Frienship-Adult friendships can be viewed as having identifiable stages: ABCDE model describes the different stages:
Acquaintances
Buildup
Continuation
Deterioration
Ending tend to have more friends and aquantances during young adulthood than any subsequent period. A persons's life satisfaction is strongly related to the quantity and quality of contacts with friends
People whom have friendships across ethnic groups have more positive attitudes toward people with diff. Backgrounds.
Play a major role in determining how much we enjoy life
3 Broad themes to ult friendships are: affective or emotional basis of friendships Shared or communal nature of friendships Sociability and …show more content…
Pool of available people to meet is strongly shaped by the opportunities available, which constrains the type of people one is likely to meet. Once people meet....apply 3 filters, representing discrete stages: Stimulus: do the person's physical appearance, social class, and manners match your own? Values: do the person's values regarding, sex, religion, politics match my own? Role: do the person's ideas about relationship,communication style and gender roles , match my own? ***If answers are “yes” you are more likely to form a couple. 2 Main dimensions emerged when comparing couple-forming behaviours cross-culturally: 1)Characteristics of a desirable mate changed because of cultural