Vocabulary
Online Dating
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Methods Section
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What is expectancy violation?

The emotion that occurs when there is a difference between expectations and reality.

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Who makes up majority of users on dating apps overall?

Men

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What were the three ways that violations occured?

Apperance, personality, and communication

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How many hypotheses were given?

three

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What is this definition for?

“a speech act which explicitly or implicitly attributes credit to someone other than the speaker, usually the person addressed, for some ‘good’ which is positively valued by the speaker and the hearer”

Compliment

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At what time in the online dating timeline do people realize their experiencing expectancy violations

in face-to-face meetings or first in-person interactions

200

Who gives and receives more compliments (gender)

Females

200

How many participants were USED for this study?

413 undergraduates

300

Define relationship factors

any characteristics that describe the relationship between communication partners, such as degree of familiarity, liking, and attraction

300

What is the percentage of 18-24 year-old adults experienced online harassment commonly from online dating sites?

70%

300

True or False: Violations can be viewed as positive or negative

True

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What type of procedure was done to recieve the information

Cross-sectional survey

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What is an idolized self-image? How are they different when it comes to emotions on expectations?

Someone who has higher self-esteem and a higher chance of having stronger negative emotions when expectations are not met.

400

According to the article, this factor plays a key role in shaping people’s expectations in online dating interactions

the way individuals craft and manage their online dating profiles

400

The study suggests that people who have a more positive self-image or higher self-esteem may experience this type of emotion when their expectations in online dating are violated

negative emotions; frusturation or disappointment

400

How many participants were origionally brought onto the study before removals? 

546 undergraduates

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What is dating initiation?

a challenging phase of heterosexual ro- mantic relationship development because men and women often fail to see eye-to-eye in terms of expectations and inter- pretations of communicative cues

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What was predicted due to gender-specific expectations for compliments?

When expectations are violated, conflict and emotional reactions would arise

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How were participants rewarded for their involvment in the study?

Received course credit

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How were they hypotheses tested?

Using MANCOVA

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