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What does self disclosure involve? |
Revealing personal information about yourself. Romantic partners reveal more about their true selves as the relationship develop. |
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What do Altman and Taylor argue? |
Social penetration theory and Breadth and depth of self-disclosure |
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What is the social penetration theory? |
That relationships are a gradual process of revealing your inner self to someone. It is a reciprocal exchange. |
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Why is trust important for a romantic relationship? |
Disclosure of personal information by others is rewarding as it shows their liking of you and trust. Therefore they ‘penetrate’ more deeply into each other’s lives. |
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What does Ajzen argue? |
Self-disclosure is a product of information processing - where liking someone comes from having positive perceptions of a person. People who SD personal information are seen as likeable, trustworthy and kind. |
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What does the Breadth and Depth theory argue? |
At the start of a relationship we disclose low risk information and we disclose high risk information as it progresses. This builds commitment in the relationship which is rewarding. |
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What are examples of low risk information? |
Name, birthday, family, hobbies |
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What are examples of high risk information? |
Fetishes, fears, sensitive topics |
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Who argues Reciprocity of self-disclosure? |
Reis and Shaver. |
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What does the reciprocity theory argue? |
For a relationship to increase in breadth and depth, self-disclosure should be reciprocal. Once you have revealed yourself hopefully your partner will respond in a rewarding way. |
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How can a partner respond in a rewarding way according the reciprocity theory? |
With understanding and empathy and also their own intimate thoughts and feelings. |
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What is not appropriate for disclosure? |
First dates as it can be viewed as over the top (lacking social skills). |
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What are no attributions for disclosure? |
Someone that tells everyone personal information - will not make an individual feel special. |
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What are gender differences that can affect disclosure? |
Women are generally seen as better communicators, therefore SD by males may be seen as less appropriate. |
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What is not good content in disclosure? |
Early in the relationship, highly intimate information may be seen as inappropriate and as violating social norms. |
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AO3 - Cultural differences |
Tang et al - Reviewed research regarding SD and concluded that men and women in the USA SD significantly more sexual thoughts than men and women in China. |
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AO3 - What does cultural differences show about the SD theory? |
It is not applicable in all cultures. It is a limited explanation of romantic relationships as the findings are based on western cultures which are not always generalisable you other cultures. |
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AO3 - Real life application |
Hass + Stafford - 57% or gay men and women in their study said that open and honest SD was the main way they maintained and deepened their committed relationships. |
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AO3 - What does Hass + Staffords’ study show about the SD theory? |
The use of self disclosure has strengthen and benefited relationships in terms of deepening satisfaction and commitment showing that SD is an important factor when forming and maintains a relationship. |
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AO3 - Research Support |
Sprecher & Hendrick - Studied heterosexual dating couples and found strong correlations between the measure of satisfaction and SD. |