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Relationships
infoWhy this? Relationships is important because it allows students to apply psychological theory to everyday human behaviour, exploring how biological, cognitive and social factors interact to shape attraction, relationship maintenance, and breakdown.
scheduleWhy now? This topic is placed after Schizophrenia to balance cognitive and emotional demand, enabling consolidation of evaluative skills in a more accessible context while still supporting synoptic links to debates such as culture, gender, and free will.
neurologyYou need to know
- Evolutionary explanations for partner preference
- Factors affecting attraction in romantic relationships: Self disclosure, physical attractiveness, filter theory
- Theories of romantic relationships: Social exchange, Equity, Rusbult's investment model, Duck's Phase model
- Virtual relationships in social media
- Parasocial relationships
rocket_launchYou must be able to
- Identify explanations for partner preferences.
- Explaining different factors that can affect attraction
- Explain and evaluating theories of romantic relationship
- Identify differences in virtual relationships
- Explain parasocial relationships
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