Lecture Outline (6)
Psychology 137c    2004

Professor Marelich 

[communication continued]
	E.	Improving Communication
		1. Behavioral descriptions to ID direct behavior
		2. Make "I" statements
		3. XYZ statements
		4. Active listening (paraphrasing/perception checking)

X.      Romantic Jealousy   

        A.      General Definition -- Negative emotional reaction to a
                real or perceived threat to a valued Relationship
	- complex emotion (anger/sadness/fear)
	- cultural issues

        B.	  Function
	- to protect the relationship (emotional fidelity [women],
                 sexual fidelity [men] according to Buss)
	- threat to self-esteem (i.e., the self, thru social comparisons with interloper

        C.      Types of reponses (Bryson 1991)
	emotinal devastation, reactive retribution, arousal, need for social suport, intropunitiveness,
   	confrontation, anger, impression management	

        D.      Jealousy may be viewed as a complex of cognitions and
                interpretations - see larger model from class

                -  Cognition portion referred to in Lecture includes 
                   scanning and interpretation of social and physical
	   environment

          E.   Physical/social environmental framing of jealousy (Marelich 2002)

	-we use cues from the physical/social settings to help make sense of situations -- hence, interpretation
  	of a jealous event is aided/hindered by the setting in which the event is embedded