Seven Relational Contradictions

The reward/ need satisfaction theory (RNS) was devised by Byron & Clore (1970) to explain the formation of romantic relationships, based on the principles of behavioral psychology. According to the theory, people form relationships with those who are most rewarding/ satisfying to be with which happens through conditioning. The elements of Skinner's operant conditioning proposes that we repeat behaviors with positive outcomes (rewards) and avoid those with negative outcomes (punishments). Relationships positively reinforce by our partner satisfying our needs/rewarding us (through love or attention), but negative reinforcement also plays a part in the likelihood of formation as a relationship avoid us feeling lonely which both result in us

Marriage is an adjustment between two people getting married Communication can cause a relationship to succeed or fail. If you do not share how you feel, it can cause your partner to withdraw. Listening can save a relationship. Schonberg (2011) found that “affective affirmation –basically, behavior that makes your partner feel loved cared for or special plays a role in a happy marriage and those men need it more than women. There are several factors and problems that can cause marriage to either succeed or fail. It is important to discuss problem things left unsaid can cause your partner to with draw.

Lastly, the basic sociological basic of intimate relationships are a close, personal, and domestic relationship between partners. Intimacy is a close and personal relationship that occurs when the two partners are identified as a couple after a period of dating. Intimacy usually leads to love and changes over time, an

Anxiety is a form of mental illness. There will never be a clear-cut list which can identify if someone has an anxiety disorder. Individuals have a strong desire to be valued, liked and approved by others. These desires impact certain individuals to the point where they worry excessive amounts about everyday life. This could mean anything from stepping out of the house, getting a haircut, to excessively worrying about money (McNally 2011). Loving someone with anxiety is difficult, but can be some of the most rewarding love given. The first step of understanding how to love someone with anxiety could be understanding exactly what anxiety is and how it is treated. Also, knowing directly how having anxiety impacts a relationship and how to effectively respond to anxiety will help to solidify the relationship. Knowing how to efficiently communicate with and be knowledgeable on how to reduce a partner’s anxiety could be a key component in keeping a relationship strong. There are various different types of anxiety that are prevalent in today’s society as well as different kinds of lifestyle choices individuals can choose to reduce anxiety in activities of daily living. One of the most important aspects of loving a person with anxiety is having love not only for them, but love for yourself.

John Bowlby, the backbone of attachment theories will be discussed throughout this essay to explain and evaluate the key theories of attachment. Health and well-being which is made up of four factors ‘physical, intellectual, emotional and social ' (Jones, 2016), will also be discussed within the essay. The definition of attachment is ‘an act of attaching or the state of being attached. ' (Dictionary, 1400) This will be showed in the assignment, using theorists to analyse the meaning. Sharing the strengths and weaknesses in some theorists will help conclude this assignment.

The first time he kisses Ryou, he thinks let me drag you down with me. He's stuck in the liminal stages between self-recrimination and self-adulation, of I tread where none did before, Alexander and Caesar and Napoleon all, and I almost destroyed what I had left of what was mine, and Ryou's responding caress is his consent, proof that he's already there, wherever down may be.

“Will Your Marriage Last?”, by Aviva Patz, is a cohesive article about marriage and divorce. Aviva Patz is the executive editor of Psychology Today. Patz narrates the story of Ted Huston, a professor at the University of Texas, who followed the lives of 168 couples for 13 years after their wedding date. She was then able to draw conclusions about what makes a couple stay together or end up filing divorce papers. Although marriages and divorce are the themes of this article, it is really about society’s pressure on young people to be perfect.

Having a strong relationship takes a lot of work and commitment sometimes. It's amazing to have a long lasting strong relationship and it's not so amazing when they start to fade. There are many qualities that can help keep strong relationships. Everyone love's having that strong relationship with those special people in their lives, and they still have strong relationship's because of the different qualities in their relationship with the people. Even if a strong relationship ends you'll always make new ones and you'll have learned from the previous one what to do and not to do. In this essay i'm going to list three qualities that has helped me keep strong relationships.

In interpersonal relationships, many factors implement relationship success. Some factors that influence relational success is types of attraction, such as task, physical or social attraction. Other factors are similarity and proximity between the two partners.

A partnership model work around a theory of collaboration, understanding and and communication. It’s a way that helps to recognise how the best outcomes can happen for children when care, development and learning provision/a setting , a cooperatively together.

Intimacy – a personal loving relationship with another individual or group such as family and friends.

What if he's your prince but you're not his Cinderella? What if's could make or break any relationship and it is quite sad that some people would really risk a relationship just to check if the grass is really greener on the other side. Some people would keep on playing with rocks when there is already a diamond right in front of them, but that is human nature we can't be contented.

Relationships of all sorts are important to a healthy lifestyle. Whether it is close friends, family, or a significant other, humans physically need the benefits of a relationship to survive. All relationships are different and unique, but in order to have a successful and rewarding relationship, it must be a healthy one. Throughout the duration of Psychology of Close Relationship class and outside research, I have gathered what a good relationship consists of and how to improve within that relationship. Luckily, I have a great boyfriend and believe we have an excellent relationship, but of course there is always room for improvement.

Similarly, Melanie tries to escape the patriarchal nature of Philip who “can’t abide a woman in trousers…’no make-up, mind. And only speak, when your spoken to. He likes, you know, silent women.”(P. 62-23) He tries to put Melanie in place of the swan in his show and treat her like a puppet. “Philip’s voice…moved dark and sonorous against the moaning of the fiddle. The swan made a lumpish jump forward and settled on her loins. She thrust with all her force to get rid of it…the gilded beak dug deeply into the soft flesh. She screamed hardly realizing she was screaming. The obscene swan had mounted her.” (p.165-167) This scene is very disturbing as Philip tries to take Melanie’s sexual agency away, making the tone of this episode is very dark

There has been some recent argument against the current understanding of the place of relationships in psychotherapy. While most theories argue that relationships are important or even essential to good mental health, other theorists claim that the way relationships are conceptualized in these theories is insufficient (Slife & Wiggins, 2009). Most of these theories conceptualize the individuals first, and then talk about the way these individuals relate. Relationships are often understood as two or more independent self-contained individuals interacting (Slife & Wiggins, 2009). An alternative way to look at relationships is offered by relational psychoanalysts and other theorists, though again it should be noted that