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BEING WITH OTHERS: A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN MOTIVE
THE INITIAL ATTRACTION
THE INITIAL ATTRACTION (continued)
CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS
CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS (continued)
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the desire to establish and maintain many rewarding interpersonal relationships
What is Need for affiliation
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the phenomenon whereby the more often people are exposed to a stimulus, the more positively they evaluate that stimulus
What is the mere exposure effect
100
People tend to sit beside those who look like them based on a number of physical similarities (hair length, race, etc.) This is an example of...
What is Demographic Similarity
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close relationship between two adults involving emotional attachment, fulfillment of psychological needs, or interdependence
What is an intimate relationship
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a theory proposing that love has three basic components - intimacy, passion, and commitment - which can be combined to produce eight subtypes
What is the Triangular theory of love
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a feeling of deprivation about existing social relations
What is loneliness
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This predicts whether two people get together
What is physical proximity
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the proposition that people are attracted to others who are similar in physical attractiveness
What is The Matching Hypothesis
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a perspective that views people as motivated to maximize benefits and minimize costs in their relationships with others
What is the social exchange theory
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1) the emotional component, which involves liking and feelings of closeness 2) the motivation component, which contains drives that trigger attraction 3) the cognitive component, which reflects the decision to make a long-term commitment to a loved partner
1) What is INTIMACY 2) What is PASSION 3) What is COMMITMENT
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People at risk for loneliness, feelings of isolation, and social deprivation
What is painfully shy
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Name at least three of the physical characteristics we like
What is Hour glass body, slimmer body, V shape for men, Broad shoulders, Dark features, Round, large eyes, Prominent cheekbones, Small nose, Wide smile (for women), Clear skin: rough indicator of health, White whites of the eye
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a mutual exchange between what we give and receive
What is Reciprocity
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the theory that people are most satisfied with a relationship when the ratio between benefits and contributions is similar for both partners
What is the Equity Theory
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romantic love characterized by high arousal, intense attraction, and fear of rejection
What is Passionate love
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Something that arouses our need for affiliation
What is stress
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the belief that physically attractive individuals also possess desirable personality characteristics
What is the What-is-beautiful-is-good stereotype
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the tendency to prefer people who are highly selective in their social choices over those who are more readily available
What is the Hard-to-get-effect
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1) A relationship in which the participants expect and desire strict reciprocity in their interactions 2) A relationship in which the participants expect and desire mutual responsiveness to each other's needs
1) What is an Exchanging relationship 2) What is a Communal relationship
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the process whereby arousal caused by one stimulus is added to arousal from a second stimulus, and the combined arousal is attributed to the second stimulus
What is Excitation transfer
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People in fearful situations...
What is love company
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Men are assumed to possess the same things as women, except...
What is Intelligence
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Name at least one reason women are highly selective. Then name at least one reason why men are less selective.
What is Women are biologically limited in the number of children they can bare and raise in a lifetime. What is Women are attracted to men who are older, financially secure, who have ambition, intelligence, stability, and other traits predictive of future success. What is men can father an unlimited amount of children They want to ensure their reproductive success by inseminating many woman (they look for fertile partners) Men are attracted to woman who are young and physically attractive (with attributes that signal health and reproductive fertility)
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the way a person typically interacts with significant others
What is Attachment Style
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the theory proposing that as a relationship becomes closer, partners increase both the breadth (covering a wider range of topics) and depth (revealing more intimate information) of their exchanges
What is the Theory of social penetration