Cognition, Communication, and Romantic Relationships

ISBN-13: 9780805835779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 224 str.

James Honeycutt; James G. Cantrill

Opis

This text explores how memory, communication and social cognition function in the development of romantic relationships, and describes the stages of their development. Topics discussed include the modern-day pursuit of intimacy and relational memory structures; schemata, scenes and scripts for romantic relationships; emotion and cognition about relationships; generating and maintaining relationships through imagined development of relationships; memory structures for developing relationships; memory structures for decaying relationships; and the semantics of break-ups.

Recenzje

"Psychologists need to read the book Cognition, Communication, and Romantic Relationships precisely because it is written by communication scholars, not in spite of it. Psychologists who study social cognition might be surprised at the depth to which Honeycutt and Cantrill have thought about the many facets of cognition in close relationships....I highly recommend this book for graduate courses, scholars, and researchers. I particularly recommend it to psychologists who have yet to look for research ideas in another discipline."
—Contemporary Psychology

Spis treści

Contents: Overview. The Modern-Day Pursuit of Intimacy and Relational Memory Structures. Schemata, Scenes, and Scripts for Romantic Relationships. Memorable Messages, Prototypes, and Relational Memory. Emotion and Cognition About Relationships. Generating and Maintaining Relationships Through Imagined Interactions. Development of Relationships: Stage Theories Versus Relational Memory Theory. Memory Structures for Developing Relationships. Memory Structures for Decaying Relationships. Semantics of Breakups: Claims of Omission and Commission. Future Research on Relational Memory Structures.

O autorze

Honeycutt, James M.; Cantrill, James G.