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Relationships
infoWhy this? The study of relationships applies psychological theory to everyday social experience, examining how biological, cognitive, and social factors shape attraction, relationship maintenance, and breakdown. Exploring virtual and parasocial relationships also helps us evaluate how these explanations apply to different forms of connection.
scheduleWhy now? After schizophrenia, the move to more familiar social contexts offers a change of focus intended to balance cognitive and emotional demands while consolidating evaluative skills. This unit also revisits the influence of early attachment on later relationships and applies debates about cultural and gender bias, determinism, 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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