Social class, solipsism, and contextualism: how the rich are different from the poor.

MW Kraus, PK Piff, R Mendoza-Denton… - Psychological …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Social class is shaped by an individual's material resources as well as perceptions of rank
vis-à-vis others in society, and in this article, we examine how class influences behavior …

Responsiveness

HT Reis, SL Gable - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Diverse processes have been shown to contribute to relationship well-being.•
Responsiveness provides an integrated conceptual model that links these processes.• …

The liking gap in conversations: Do people like us more than we think?

EJ Boothby, G Cooney, GM Sandstrom… - Psychological …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Having conversations with new people is an important and rewarding part of social life. Yet
conversations can also be intimidating and anxiety provoking, and this makes people …

Close relationships

MS Clark, NK Grote - Handbook of psychology: Personality and …, 2003 - books.google.com
When asked,“With whom do you have close relationships?” people do not ask,“What is
meant by close?” Instead they name specific people or categories of people considered to …

Saying “thank you”: Partners' expressions of gratitude protect relationship satisfaction and commitment from the harmful effects of attachment insecurity.

Y Park, EA Impett, G MacDonald… - Journal of personality …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Five studies examined whether receiving gratitude expressions from a romantic partner can
buffer insecurely attached individuals from experiencing low relationship satisfaction and …

When does responsiveness pique sexual interest? Attachment and sexual desire in initial acquaintanceships

GE Birnbaum, HT Reis - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Three studies examined the contribution of attachment orientation and perceived partner
responsiveness to sexual desire in initial acquaintanceships. In all studies, participants …

The liking gap in groups and teams

AM Mastroianni, G Cooney, EJ Boothby… - … Behavior and Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Every relationship begins with a conversation. Past research suggests that after initial
conversations, there exists a liking gap: people underestimate how much their partners like …

Accuracy and projection in perceptions of partners' recent emotional experiences: Both minds matter.

MS Clark, KR Von Culin, E Clark-Polner, EP Lemay Jr - Emotion, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
In 2 studies involving 96 married couples (Study 1) and 118 romantic couples (Study 2), we
investigated partners' perceptions of each others' recently experienced emotions. In both …

Motivated cognition in relationships

EP Lemay, MS Clark - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•The authors present a model of motivated perceptions of partner
responsiveness.•Motivated perceivers have biased perceptions of partner …

Communal (and other) relationships: History, theory development, recent findings, and future directions

MS Clark, OR Aragón - The Oxford handbook of close …, 2013 - books.google.com
This chapter describes a program of research focused on the nature of giving and receiving
benefits in close relationships. It begins with an initial, qualitative distinction drawn between …