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After studying Chapter 15, you should be able to
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identify, define, and distinguish the three mechanisms of social interaction; |
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discuss the choice of marriage partner as an example of the mechanism of selection; |
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discuss assortative mating for personality as an example of the mechanism of selection; |
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address whether people get what they want in mates, and whether this has any impact on marital satisfaction and the likelihood of divorce; |
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discuss how shyness affects selection into, or selective avoidance of, certain situations, as an example of the mechanisms of selection; |
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discuss work on the relationships between personality characteristics other than shyness and the selective entry into, or avoidance of situations; |
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discuss aggression and the evocation of hostility as an example of the mechanism of evocation; |
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discuss the evocation of upset in partners as an example of the mechanism of evocation; |
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identify and discuss Gottman's six principles of successful marriages, and relate these principles to the mechanism of evocation; |
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discuss evocation through expectancy confirmation; |
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identify two key questions that personality psychologists might ask about the process of manipulation; |
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discuss the identification of 11 tactics of manipulation; |
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discuss sex differences and similarities in tactics of manipulation; |
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discuss personality predictors of tactics of manipulation; |
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discuss the Machiavellian personality, including a review of how research on this personality style illustrates the three mechanisms of social interaction (selection, evocation, manipulation); and, finally, |
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discuss narcissism as it relates to social interaction. |