Social Psych

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attraction and attractiveness

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anything that draws two or more
people together, making them want to be
together and possibly to form a lasting
relationship

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Ostracism

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being excluded, rejected, and ignored
by others

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Rejection

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being prevented
by others from forming or keeping a social bond
with them; the opposite of acceptance

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Rejection Sensitivity

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a tendency to expect
rejection from others and to become hypersensitive
to possible rejection

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Attachment theory

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a theory that classifies people
into four attachment styles (secure, preoccupied,
dismissing avoidant, and fearful avoidant)
based on two dimensions (anxiety and avoidance)

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Passionate Love

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strong feelings
of longing, desire, and excitement toward a
special person

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Coolidge effect

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the sexually arousing power of
a new partner (greater than the appeal of a familiar
partner)

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Secure attachment

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style of attachment in
which people are low on anxiety and low on
avoidance; they trust their partners, share their
feelings, provide and receive support and comfort,
and enjoy their relationships

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Dismissing avoidant attachment

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style of
attachment in which people are low on anxiety
but high on avoidance; they tend to view partners
as unreliable, unavailable, and uncaring

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Fearful avoidant attachment

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style of attachment
in which people have both high anxiety and
high avoidance; they have low opinions of themselves
and keep others from getting close

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Preoccupied attachment

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style of attachment in which people are low
on avoidance but high on anxiety; they want and
enjoy closeness but worry that their relationship
partners will abandon them

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Double standard

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condemning women more
than men for the same sexual behavior (e.g., premarital
sex)

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Evolutionary Theory

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theory of sexuality
asserting that the sex drive has been shaped by
natural selection and that its forms thus tend to
be innate

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Social Constructionist Theories

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theories
asserting that attitudes and behaviors, including
sexual desire and sexual behavior, are strongly
shaped by culture and socialization

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Social Exchange Theory

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theory that seeks to
understand social behavior by analyzing the costs
and benefits of interacting with each other; it
assumes that sex is a resource that women have
and men want

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Intimacy

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a feeling of closeness, mutual understanding,
and mutual concern for each other’s
welfare and happiness

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Racism

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prejudiced attitudes toward a particular
race

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Prejudice

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a negative feeling toward an individual
based solely on his or her membership in a
particular group

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Ingroup members

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people who belong to the
same group or category as we do

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ingroup favoritism

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preferential treatment of,
or more favorable attitudes toward, people in
one’s own group

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Outgroup members

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people who belong to a different
group or category than we do

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Outgroup homogeneity bias

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the assumption
that outgroup members are more similar to one
another than ingroup members are to one
another

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Stereotypes

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beliefs that associate groups of people
with certain traits

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Groupthink

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the tendency of group members to
think alike

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Be able to define and discuss attraction

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anything that draws two or more
people together, making them want to be
together and possibly to form a lasting
relationship

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Know what are the ingredients to belongingness?

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1. Regular positive or neutral social contact.
2. Share a mutual concern for each other.

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Be able to discuss the effects of rejection

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Rejection also has serious implications for an individual’s psychological state and for society in general. Social rejection can influence emotion, cognition and even physical health. Ostracized people sometimes become aggressive and can turn to violence.

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Know about the attachment theory (know the four attachment styles)

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fearful avoidant, dismissing avoidant, preoccupied, secure