Social Psychology - Ch.8

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androgynous

Back 1

Demonstrating a combination of masculine and feminine characteristics in one's behavior.

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anxious/ambivalent attachment style

Back 2

Attachments marked by fear of abandonment and the feeling that one's needs are not being met.

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avoidant attachment style

Back 3

Attachments marked by defensive detachment from the other.

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companionate love

Back 4

Affection and tenderness felt for those whose lives are entwined with our own.

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decision/commitment

Back 5

Factor on love scaled composed of items tapping decision that one is in love with and committed to another.

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equity rule

Back 6

Each person's benefits and costs in a social relationship should be matched to the benefits and costs of the other.

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erotomania

Back 7

A disorder involving the fixed (but incorrect) belief that one is loved by another, which persists in the face of strong evidence to the contrary.

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factor analysis

Back 8

A statistical technique for sorting test items or behaviors into conceptually similar groupings.

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intimacy

Back 9

Factor on love scaled composed of items tapping feelings of close bonding with another.

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monogamy

Back 10

Marital custom in which one man marries one woman.

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need to belong

Back 11

The human need to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships.

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need-based rule

Back 12

Each person in a social relationship provides benefits as the other needs them, without keeping account of individual costs and benefits.

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passion

Back 13

The factor on love scales composed of items tapping romantic attraction and sexual desire.

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passionate love

Back 14

A state of intense longing for union with another.

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polyandry

Back 15

Marital arrangement involving one woman and more than one husband.

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polygamy

Back 16

Marital custom in which either one man marries more than one woman (polygyny) or one woman marries more than one (polyandry).

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polygyny

Back 17

Marital arrangement involving one man and more than one wife.

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secure attachment style

Back 18

Attachments marked by trust that the other person will continue to provide love and support.

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secure base

Back 19

Comfort provided by an attachment figure, which allows the person to venture forth more confidently to explore the environment.

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sociosexual orientation

Back 20

Individual differences in the tendency to prefer either unrestricted sex (without the necessity of love) or restricted sex (only in the context of a long-term, loving relationship).

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three-stage pattern of separation distress

Back 21

The reaction sequence shown by infants or adults separated from those to whom they are intimately attached: (1) protest (attempts to reestablish contact), (2) despair (inactivity and helplessness), (3) detachment (lack of concern and coolness toward the parent or lover).

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two-factor theory of love

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The theory that love consists of general arousal (factor 1), which is attributed to the presence of an attractive person (factor 2 - the cognitive label that the feeling is love).