This essay examines the way in which psychologists investigate the development and.
I will be looking into whether the findings from the.
investigation can help to improve relationships. To be able to do this I will be looking at.
the findings given by the psychologists and explain how people could use them to.
maintain their own relationships. I will be taking references from Pennington et al and .
extracts of D. Miell and R. Dallos (1996).
The psychologists who carried out the investigation into the development and .
maintenance of close relationships, did so because they wanted to make psychology.
more relevant to everyone, for example, the feelings of love and sadness, of fear and.
desire. .
""Relationships have always been at the heart of the humanistic approach. I.
believe that it is important for psychology to acknowledge the human capacity for agency.
and therefore the relative " openness" of the human condition: that people and .
relationships are not pre - ordained but are capable of self - directed change. I applaud.
the goal of humanistic psychology here - not just to seek understanding but to provide .
the material and techniques to stimulate and support people in the skills and process of.
relating to others"( D. Miell and R. Dallos 1996 p.365). .
" The psychologists who investigated the development and maintenance of close .
relationships took into account the way in which individuals interact with each other in a .
way to develop a relationship together. A close relationship could be defined as a.
relationship that is a strong connection between two people. There has been several .
theories proposed by the social psychologists in their investigation into the development.
and maintenance, these theories are the reinforcement theory, social exchange theory .
and equality theory. All of these three theories are in relation to the attraction between.
individuals and how the attraction helps to develop relationships between the individuals.
