Psy 202 Week 2 Relationship Research Review

Physical attraction is a different perspective about on someone, they could look like the best person you’ve ever seen, and then once you get to know them by talking to them, they turn out to be your worst enemy. The article Isn’t She Beautiful? The Role of Physical Attraction in Dating, clearly states, “The once stunning girl may lose most of her charm, and the easily overlooked girl may become undeniably beautiful.” In other words, after talking to someone for the first couple times, you are just getting to know them and if you really think you like them just by looking at them, your opinion on them could change

Human relationships are a fundamental part of life. Studying relationship development is key to understanding why people interact the way they do. To figure this out, it is important to understand how relationships change as we grow older, how the internet affects our relationships, how we remember important points in a relationship, and how rituals affect the quality of a relationship. Learning how these aspects of relationship development work together to build and maintain relationships between couples and friends are important in understanding where these relationships go wrong or why they last.

Relationship satisfaction is an important part of romantic relationships. A lack of satisfaction can lead to consequences in other areas of life and eventually, the destruction of the relationship. For example, job performance is heavily influenced by romantic relationship satisfaction. In a study by Greenhaus and Beutell (1985), they argued that poor satisfaction leads to poor job performance and vice versa. They stated this was to because these two spheres are “interdependent.” Satisfaction can also influence quality of health. Conflict in a marital relationship is associated with higher heart rates and blood pressure (Broadwell & Light, 1999; Ewart, Taylor, Kaemer & Agras, 1991; Flor, Breitenstein, Birbaumer & Furst 1995; Frankish & Linden, 1996; Kiecolt-Glaser, 1993; Mayne, O’Leary, McCrady, Contrada & Labouvie, 1997; Morell & Apple, 1990; Shwartz, Slater & Birchler, 1994; Thomsen & Gilbert, 1998). It is also strongly associated with depression and depressed syndromes (Beach, Fincham & Katz, 1998; Fincham & Beach, 1999). This relationship between marital conflict and depression seems to be bidirectional meaning depression is not only a result of conflict but also is caused by the conflict (Beach, et. al., 1998; Fincham & Beach, 1999). Because a lack of relationship satisfaction can negatively affect so many important areas of life, it is important to understand what influences the level of satisfaction held in romantic relationships.

This article argues that physical attractiveness is a gateway for a healthy relationship. Singles, of both sex, recognizes the importance of physical attractiveness, especially online. Only when the standard is meet would they investigate further into the personality. It also argues that excessive attractiveness is unnecessary, and people prefers “averagely” attractive partner. The author is a dating & mating psychologist, has deep study in relationships. I will use this article as a major point to support my thesis statement.

As one of the most powerful couples in today’s entertainment industry, being constantly placed under the spotlight and having to deal with demanding work schedules can easily put one’s relationship under strain. Luckily, I am a current student in an Interpersonal Communications and Relationships course and can give you some insight on how to make your marriage last. In this letter, I will define and explain seven of the characteristics of enduring relationships and seven relational contradictions in addition to providing relevant examples to your situation. By the end of this letter, you should be more informed on the subject and take away some tips to make your relationship happy and long lasting.

Being physically attractive adds even more layers to the subjective mix. Is it blonde hair, fair skin blue eyes? Is it brown hair, dark eyes and a wonderfully tan physic the alpha trump card? Or could it be salt and pepper hair, emerald green eyes, and five o’clock shadow? See what I mean? This can

In today’s society, a serious, committed relationship is a major goal that many try to achieve. Many individuals go out of their way to find their perfect match, their other half. Once a person has found their significant other, they develop a set of expectations. People want to believe that the relationship will be perfect and long-lasting. However, it is inevitable that along the way many difficulties will be encountered. Often times, these issues are the result of miscommunications. In the story “Hills Like White Elephants”, the author uses the story line to demonstrate the problems in a relationship due to miscommunication, and how the lack of communication leads to strict gender roles.

The type of relationship I will be analyzing is my friendship with Jeremy Orner. The relationship model that best describes this relationship would be the one developed by Mark Knapp (Knapp & Vangelisti, 2006) who broke down relationship development into ten steps. This model explains friendship throughout our ten years as friends, so far we have been through 9 of the ten steps; Initiating, Experimenting, Intensifying, Integrating, Bonding, Differentiating, Circumscribing, Stagnating, and Avoiding,

The're many ways to keep a good healthy relationship. The three most important ones are to have stuff common, understand and respect one another, and to just always be there for them when they need you the most. That's including with all different types of relationships.

I am still amazed that this was even possible. I cannot imagine finding out 43 years later that you took home the wrong child or finding out that your parents weren’t your biological parents. I also still don’t get why they wouldn’t figure out if the babies were switched earlier than after 43 years. I don’t know if I really agree that they should have told the secret in the end because it just caused problems with the families. If it were me, I would have kept it a secret if I wasn’t able to tell the secret when they were still a few months old. This episode made me feel sad if anything. I felt sad for Marty and Sue and how their relationships changed with their families. It made it seem like they felt like they didn’t even have a family at

Any communication interaction involves two major components in terms of how people are perceived: verbal, or what words are spoken and nonverbal, the cues such as facial expressions, posture, verbal intonations, and other body gestures. Many people believe it is their words that convey the primary messages but it is really their nonverbal cues. The hypothesis for this research paper was: facial expressions directly impact how a person is perceived. A brief literature search confirmed this hypothesis.

The establishment a relationship is commonly the easy part; it's sustaining the relationship that gets complicated. That's why an ever growing number of couples (married or otherwise) are finding that couples therapy may be a good proactive process against the difficult times that will undoubtedly hit. The following practices may be beneficial in maintaining a happy and healthy relationship.

When interested in another individual, we tend to send off signals knowingly and unknowingly. Those nonverbal flirting behaviors are used to depict our attraction or non-attraction to another. Consequently, the purpose of the paper is to compare a popular press article that discuss immediacy cues and provide research that could possibly support or rebut the article’s statements about nonverbal behaviors as related to flirting behaviors in interpersonal relationships.

When we are sick, we pay a visit to a doctor, but when our relationship is in problems, do we look for a relationship advice? Manny pairs hesitate to look for a professional help until it is too late. Do not wait for relationship problems to pile up. Try to solve them right away and the best way to do that is to look for a relationship counseling because professional help could save your marriage or relationship.

Individuals sometimes desire commitment and closeness before engaging in sexual intimacy. According to Simpson, Gangestad and Biek (1993), restricted individuals are the ones who require intimacy before sex, where unrestricted are the opposite. In both cases nonverbal behavior were important to relationship initiation, but not as much as those who were classified as restricted (Simpson et al., 1993). They also observed that women scored higher than men for non-verbal behaviors used in initiation. (Simpson et al., 1993). Even though men were almost equally likely to lean forward, laugh, downward gaze, and demonstrate open body posture when initiating nonverbal behaviors (Simpson et al., 1993). As expected, women still managed to depict more intimacy then men did. Findings showed that men and women who vary on unrestricted and restricted traits perform nonverbally in a laboratory setting (Simpson et al., 1993).