Type of Credit: Elective
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Interpersonal relationships, including both friendships and romantic relationships, are essential to people’s lives. This course will introduce the psychological concepts and theories about interpersonal relationships. In this course, students will take turns to present, discuss, and critically evaluate the classic and contemporary findings of interpersonal relationships. We will address several essential questions about interpersonal relationships including but not limited to: Why are we attracted to some people but not others? How well do we know our partners? How do we form and maintain successful relationships? How does sexuality matter in romantic relationships?
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Submission of discussion questions |
Class discussion |
Class presentation |
Brief research proposal |
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Critically evaluate the theories and concepts of interpersonal relationships |
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Understand the importance of various psychological processes in influencing interpersonal relationships |
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Critically evaluate the credibility and generalizability of recent empirical findings on interpersonal relationships |
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Generate novel research questions related to interpersonal relationships |
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Apply the theories and concepts of interpersonal relationships to real-life contexts so as to foster better relationships |
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週次 Week |
課程主題 Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀 (暫定) Content and Reading Assignment (Tentative) |
教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間Student workload expectation |
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課堂講授In-class Hours |
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1 (9/10) |
Introduction to relationship science |
Bradbury & Karney (2019) Ch. 1, 2 |
Lecture and class discussion
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3 |
3 |
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2 (9/17) |
Mid-Autumn Festival (No class) |
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3 (9/24) |
Attraction |
Pazda et al. (2012) Peperkoorn et al. (2016) |
Lecture and class discussion
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3 |
6 |
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4 (10/1) |
Social cognition |
Nightingale & Farid (2022) Willis & Todorov (2006) Zhou et al. (2024) |
Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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5 (10/8) |
Communication |
Savitsky et al. (2011) Schroeder et al. (2022) Zhao & Epley (2021) |
Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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6 (10/15) |
Cultures |
Gao (2001) Lam et al. (2016) Lee et al. (2007)
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Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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7 (10/22) |
Friendship |
Bleske-Rechek et al. (2012) Lehmiller et al. (2011) Lemay Jr & Wolf (2016)
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Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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8 (10/29) |
Romantic relationships |
Acevedo & Aron (2009) Carswell & Impett (2021) Rubin & Campbell (2012) |
Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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9 (11/5) |
Marriage |
Clark et al. (2010) Easterlin (2003) Lucas et al. (2003) |
Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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10 (11/12) |
Sexuality |
McNulty et al. (2019) Rahman et al. (2020) Savin-Williams (2014) |
Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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11 (11/19) |
Stress and well-being |
Hui et al. (2014) Sagarin et al. (2012) Syrda (2020) |
Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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12 (11/26) |
Infidelity and relationship dissolution |
Athenstaedt et al. (2020) Fincham & May (2017) Mogilski & Welling (2017) |
Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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13 (12/3) |
Enhancing relationships |
Aron et al. (1997) Elsaadawy & Carlson (2022) Gordon et al. (2022)
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Lecture, class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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14 (12/10) |
Dyadic data analysis |
Kenny et al. (2006) |
Workshop (*Please bring laptop) |
3 |
6 |
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15 (12/17) |
Proposal outline presentation (I) |
Proposal outline presentation |
Class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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16 (12/24) |
Proposal outline presentation (II) |
Proposal outline presentation |
Class presentation and discussion |
3 |
6 |
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17 (12/31) |
Self-directed study |
Research proposal preparation |
Research proposal preparation |
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9 |
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18 (1/7) |
Self-directed study |
Research proposal preparation |
Research proposal preparation |
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Submission of discussion questions: 15%
Class discussion: 20%
Class presentation: 30%
Brief research proposal: 35%
Assigned readings (Tentative):
Week 3:
Pazda, A. D., Elliot, A. J., & Greitemeyer, T. (2012). Sexy red: Perceived sexual receptivity mediates the red-attraction relation in men viewing woman. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(3), 787-790.
Peperkoorn, L. S., Roberts, S. C., & Pollet, T. V. (2016). Revisiting the red effect on attractiveness and sexual receptivity: No effect of the color red on human mate preferences. Evolutionary Psychology, 14(4), 1-13.
Week 4:
Nightingale, S. J., & Farid, H. (2022). AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(8), e2120481119.
Willis, J., & Todorov, A. (2006). First impressions: Making up your mind after a 100-ms exposure to a face. Psychological Science, 17(7), 592-598.
Zhou, H., Wang, M., Yang, Y., & Majka, E. A. (2024). Face masks facilitate discrimination of genuine and fake smiles–But people believe the opposite. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 115, 104658.
Week 5:
Savitsky, K., Keysar, B., Epley, N., Carter, T., & Swanson, A. (2011). The closeness-communication bias: Increased egocentrism among friends versus strangers. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(1), 269-273.
Schroeder, J., Lyons, D., & Epley, N. (2022). Hello, stranger? Pleasant conversations are preceded by concerns about starting one. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(5), 1141-1153.
Zhao, X., & Epley, N. (2021). Insufficiently complimentary?: Underestimating the positive impact of compliments creates a barrier to expressing them. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121(2), 239-256.
Week 6:
Gao, G. (2001). Intimacy, passion, and commitment in Chinese and US American romantic relationships. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 25(3), 329-342.
Lam, B. C., Cross, S. E., Wu, T. F., Yeh, K. H., Wang, Y. C., & Su, J. C. (2016). What do you want in a marriage? Examining marriage ideals in Taiwan and the United States. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(6), 703-722.
Lee, I. C., Pratto, F., & Li, M. C. (2007). Social relationships and sexism in the United States and Taiwan. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38(5), 595-612.
Week 7:
Bleske-Rechek, A., Somers, E., Micke, C., Erickson, L., Matteson, L., Stocco, C., ... & Ritchie, L. (2012). Benefit or burden? Attraction in cross-sex friendship. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29(5), 569-596.
Lehmiller, J. J., VanderDrift, L. E., & Kelly, J. R. (2011). Sex differences in approaching friends with benefits relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 48(2-3), 275-284.
Lemay Jr, E. P., & Wolf, N. R. (2016). Projection of romantic and sexual desire in opposite-sex friendships: How wishful thinking creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(7), 864-878.
Week 8:
Acevedo, B. P., & Aron, A. (2009). Does a long-term relationship kill romantic love?. Review of General Psychology, 13(1), 59-65.
Carswell, K. L., & Impett, E. A. (2021). What fuels passion? An integrative review of competing theories of romantic passion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 15(8), e12629.
Rubin, H., & Campbell, L. (2012). Day-to-day changes in intimacy predict heightened relationship passion, sexual occurrence, and sexual satisfaction: A dyadic diary analysis. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3(2), 224-231.
Week 9:
Clark, M. S., Lemay Jr, E. P., Graham, S. M., Pataki, S. P., & Finkel, E. J. (2010). Ways of giving benefits in marriage: Norm use, relationship satisfaction, and attachment-related variability. Psychological Science, 21(7), 944-951.
Easterlin, R. A. (2003). Explaining happiness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100(19), 11176-11183.
Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., & Diener, E. (2003). Reexamining adaptation and the set point model of happiness: reactions to changes in marital status. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(3), 527-539.
Week 10:
McNulty, J. K., Maxwell, J. A., Meltzer, A. L., & Baumeister, R. F. (2019). Sex-differentiated changes in sexual desire predict marital dissatisfaction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48(8), 2473-2489.
Rahman, Q., Xu, Y., Lippa, R. A., & Vasey, P. L. (2020). Prevalence of sexual orientation across 28 nations and its association with gender equality, economic development, and individualism. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, 595-606.
Savin-Williams, R. C. (2014). An exploratory study of the categorical versus spectrum nature of sexual orientation. The Journal of Sex Research, 51(4), 446-453.
Week 11:
Hui, C. M., Finkel, E. J., Fitzsimons, G. M., Kumashiro, M., & Hofmann, W. (2014). The Manhattan effect: When relationship commitment fails to promote support for partners’ interests. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106(4), 546-570.
Sagarin, B. J., Martin, A. L., Coutinho, S. A., Edlund, J. E., Patel, L., Skowronski, J. J., & Zengel, B. (2012). Sex differences in jealousy: A meta-analytic examination. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33(6), 595-614.
Syrda, J. (2020). Spousal relative income and male psychological distress. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(6), 976-992.
Week 12:
Athenstaedt, U., Brohmer, H., Simpson, J. A., Müller, S., Schindling, N., Bacik, A., & Van Lange, P. A. (2020). Men view their ex-partners more favorably than women do. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(4), 483-491.
Fincham, F. D., & May, R. W. (2017). Infidelity in romantic relationships. Current Opinion in Psychology, 13, 70-74.
Mogilski, J. K., & Welling, L. L. (2017). Staying friends with an ex: Sex and dark personality traits predict motivations for post-relationship friendship. Personality and Individual Differences, 115, 114-119.
Week 13:
Aron, A., Melinat, E., Aron, E. N., Vallone, R. D., & Bator, R. J. (1997). The experimental generation of interpersonal closeness: A procedure and some preliminary findings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23(4), 363-377.
Elsaadawy, N., & Carlson, E. N. (2022). Do you make a better or worse impression than you think?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(6), 1407-1420.
Gordon, A. M., Cross, E., Ascigil, E., Balzarini, R., Luerssen, A., & Muise, A. (2022). Feeling appreciated buffers against the negative effects of unequal division of household labor on relationship satisfaction. Psychological Science, 33(8), 1313-1327.
Other references:
Bradbury, T. N., & Karney, B. R. (2019). Intimate relationships (3rd ed.). W. W. Norton.
Kenny, D. A., Kashy, D. A., & Cook, W. L. (2006). Dyadic data analysis. Guilford Publications.