http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626113654.htm
during high mutual levels of cooperation with a romantic partner, men
typically experience an "inphase" response to their significant other's
emotions. That is, if the woman in the relationship is feeling more
positive, the man will feel more positive. If she feels less positive,
he will feel less positive.On the contrary, it seems women experience
more of an "antiphase" pattern during high mutual cooperation. If her
partner is feeling more positive, she will tend to feel less positive,
and vice versa.
Social psychology literature on cooperation tells us that women
generally tend to cooperate more, while men often try to avoid conflict.
Thus, men might be subconsciously syncing their emotions with their
partners' during cooperation in an effort to avoid conflict or reach a
speedy resolution, Randall says.
If that's the case, it's possible, although Randall's study didn't
test for it, that women may pick up on the fact that their partner's
agreeability is not entirely authentic. If she suspects he's not really
as positive as he seems, or that he has an ulterior motive, she may
become less positive herself in an attempt to get at his real feelings
and reach a more mutually satisfying resolution, Randall suggests.
"If
you think about a couple that is trying to cooperate with one another,
the man might go along and say, 'oh sure, honey, this is great, are we
almost done?' whereas the women might say, 'I'm so glad that you're
happy, but I just want to talk about this one other thing because I
think we're really getting at a resolution,'" Randall said.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Women core to cooperation, men more yes men...
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