Term
| What are the six provisions of social relationships? |
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Definition
| (1) Attachment, (2) Social integration, (3) Reassurance of worth, (4) Guidance, (5) Reliable alliance, (6) Opportunity to provide nurturing. |
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Term
| What is the stress and coping perspective? |
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Definition
| It looks at social support and supportive actions. It brings in the matching hypothesis, which looks at how the support is effective, and also looks at support appraisals. |
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Term
| What is the social cognition perspective? |
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Definition
| It is concerned with how people process social information. It focuses on the application of information to social situations. It found that support protects from the adverse effects of stress. |
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Term
| What is the symbolic interactionism perspective? |
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Definition
| It says that our view of the world is not absolute but constructed from consensus and meaning within our environment. Negative thoughts about support increase stress and worsen our view about ourselves. People act towards things based on the meaning those things have for them. Found that support promotes self esteem and self regulation. |
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Term
| What is the relationship perspective? |
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Definition
| It conceptualizes support as part of the relationship process. Support, then, is a relationship quality. Positive, stable, secure relationships may actually fulfill a biological need. It found that companionship and intimacy is good for health. |
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Term
| What is the social network perspective? |
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Definition
| It emphasizes the structure of sets. Strength: Goes beyond personal attributes, explains in terms of network features. Limitation: senseless to study this in isolation |
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Term
| What is the social support perspective? |
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Definition
| It looks at the benefits of support to coping. Strength: it looks at a wide range of factors as well as structure. Limitation: It ignores negative effects of support, and fails to answer how exactly support helps people cope. |
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Term
| What is the personal relationships perspective? |
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Definition
| It focuses on processes within a relationship. Strengths: focuses on life course continuity, reciprocation, and combines the social support and social network perspectives. Limitation: Only one dyadic bond can be studied at a time, and there is a lack of context. |
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