Vocabulary
What is expectancy violation?
The emotion that occurs when there is a difference between expectations and reality.
Who makes up majority of users on dating apps overall?
Men
What were the three ways that violations occured?
Apperance, personality, and communication
How many hypotheses were given?
three
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
in face-to-face meetings or first in-person interactions
Who gives and receives more compliments (gender)
Females
How many participants were USED for this study?
413 undergraduates
Define relationship factors
any characteristics that describe the relationship between communication partners, such as degree of familiarity, liking, and attraction
What is the percentage of 18-24 year-old adults experienced online harassment commonly from online dating sites?
70%
True or False: Violations can be viewed as positive or negative
True
What type of procedure was done to recieve the information
Cross-sectional survey
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.
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
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
How many participants were origionally brought onto the study before removals?
546 undergraduates
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
What was predicted due to gender-specific expectations for compliments?
When expectations are violated, conflict and emotional reactions would arise
How were participants rewarded for their involvment in the study?
Received course credit
How were they hypotheses tested?
Using MANCOVA