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The Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships

by Ellen Berscheid - Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota; Pamela Regan - Department of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles

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Preface, xiii
Chapter 1. First Relationships, 1
INTRODUCTION, 1
THE HUMAN INFANT'S SOCIAL INHERITANCE, 3
THE EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE, 3
THE HUMAN INFANT'S BIOLOGICAL INHERITANCES FACILITATIVE OF SOCIAL INTERACTION, 6
SOCIAL INTERACTION AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, 24
IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIETY, 28
Summary, 30
Chapter 2. Relationships and Health, 31
INTRODUCTION, 31
RELATIONSHIPS AND MORTALITY, 33
SOCIAL SUPPORT, 37
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF RELATIONSHIPS ON HEALTH, 52
RELATIONSHIPS AND HAPPINESS, 58
Summary, 62
Chapter 3. The Development of Relationship Science, 63
INTRODUCTION, 63
OBSTACLES TO THE STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS, 64
THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP SCIENCE, 84
DISCIPLINES CONTRIBUTING TO RELATIONSHIP SCIENCE, 86
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN RELATIONSHIPS, 92
Summary, 94
Chapter 4. The Concept of Relationship, 95
INTRODUCTION, 95
INTERACTION: THE ESSENCE OF A RELATIONSHIP, 96
THE OBSERVATIONAL BASE OF RELATIONSHIP SCIENCE, 103
THE AIM OF RELATIONSHIP SCIENCE: IDENTIFYING CAUSAL CONDITIONS, 113
SOURCES OF INTERACTION DATA, 114
GENERAL THEORIES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION, 119
Summary, 129
Chapter 5. Varieties of Relationship, 131
INTRODUCTION, 131
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, 131
CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS, 140
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, 146
OTHER COMMON RELATIONSHIP DESCRIPTORS, 148
DIMENSIONS UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIPS, 150
RELATIONSHIP TAXONOMIES, 151
NEGLECTED TYPES OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIP, 153
SUMMARY, 158
Chapter 6. Birth of a Relationship, 159
INTRODUCTION, 159
VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY INTERACTION: CLOSED VS. OPEN INTERACTION FIELDS, 159
THE BEGINNING: ATTENTION TO ANOTHER PERSON, 162
AFFILIATION, 169
ATTRACTION IN FIRST ENCOUNTERS, 175
SUMMARY, 190
Chapter 7. Relationship Growth and Maintenance, 191
INTRODUCTION, 191
CAUSAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND STABILITY, 192
GENERAL THEORIES OF RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT, 193
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT, 197
FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPMENT, 203
PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, 206
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING RELATIONSHIP GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE, 220
Summary, 224
Chapter 8. Cognitive Processes, 225
INTRODUCTION, 225
KNOWING ANOTHER PERSON, 225
PROCESSING SOCIAL INFORMATION, 230
FIRST IMPRESSIONS, 236
RELATIONSHIP SCHEMAS, 244
MEMORY FOR RELATIONSHIP EVENTS, 248
MAJOR THEORIES OF SOCIAL COGNITION: IMPLICATIONS FOR RELATIONSHIP PHENOMENA, 251
Summary, 258
Chapter 9. Affective Processes, 259
INTRODUCTION, 259
THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF HUMAN EMOTION, 259
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTION, 261
PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL AND EMOTION, 268
COGNITION AND EMOTION, 276
Summary, 291
Chapter 10. Dispositional Influences, 293
INTRODUCTION, 293
MALENESS AND FEMALENESS, 294
PERSONALITY, 302
DISPOSITIONAL AFFECT, 313
INTERPERSONAL BELIEF SYSTEMS, 315
Summary, 321
Chapter 11. Love, 322
INTRODUCTION, 322
TAXONOMIES OF LOVE, 323
PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACHES TO LOVE, 326
THE PROTOTYPE APPROACH TO LOVE, 330
PASSIONATE (ROMANTIC) LOVE, 333
COMPANIONATE LOVE, 346
PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF LOVE, 348
Summary, 352
Chapter 12. Mate Selection and Sex, 353
INTRODUCTION, 353
THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO MATING RELATIONSHIPS, 354
MATE PREFERENCES, 357
MATE ATTRACTION AND COURTSHIP, 362
MATE SELECTION, 365
RELATIONAL SEX, 369
SEXUAL ATTITUDES, 370
SEXUAL ATTRACTION, 373
SEXUALITY IN BEGINNING RELATIONSHIPS, 376
SEXUALITY IN ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS, 378
PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF RELATIONAL SEX, 382
Summary, 390
Chapter 13. Satisfaction and Stability, 391
INTRODUCTION, 391
MEASURING RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION AND STABILITY, 392
MARITAL SATISFACTION OVER TIME, 398
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SATISFACTION, 404
THE CONTRIBUTION OF SATISFACTION TO STABILITY, 422
Summary, 424
Chapter 14. Intervention and Dissolution, 425
INTRODUCTION, 425
HAPPY AND UNHAPPY MARRIAGES, 426
THE CLINICAL RESEARCH APPROACH TO DISTRESSED RELATIONSHIPS, 430
THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR DISTRESSED RELATIONSHIPS, 440
PATHS TO DIVORCE AND SEPARATION, 448
BEREAVEMENT, 450
Summary, 454
Glossary, 454
References, 469
Credits, 531
Text Credits, 531
Photo Credits, 531

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