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19 Cards in this Set
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Mere-exposure effect |
tendency to like a person more if we have been exposed to them repeatedly -"girl next door effect" |
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Homophily |
Tendency to have contact with people of equal social status |
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Matching Phenomenon |
We choose romantic partners similar to us in areas like attitudes, intelligences, and attractiveness |
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Byrne Matching phenomenon experiment |
1- fill out questionaire on their attitudes and opinions about several topics 2-see a questionaire filled out by someone else that is similar to theirs and completely different 3-participants rate how much they would like the people they read about Results: people like people that share their opinions more
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Online dating |
EHarmony: connects similarities in attitudes/values chemistry.com: uses online questionnaire Perfect match.com: similar in romantic impulsivity, personal energy, and outlook9 |
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Byrne's Law of Attraction |
-We like people that give us positive reinforcement and few pnishments -practical implications: spend time having fun and give rewards |
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Buss's Sexual Strategy Theory |
-Good looks is the guide to fertility -men more attracted to younger women because they are more fertile -women more attracted to healthy, willing/able men to contribute resources to them and kids |
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Intamacy |
Quality of relationships characterized by committment, feelings of closeness and trust, and self-disclosure |
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Emotional intamacy |
mutual self disclosure and other kinds of verbal sharing |
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Sel disclosure
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promotes reciprocation and sense of intamacy -telling personal things about yourself |
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Theories of love |
-Triangular -Attachment -2-component - |
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Triangular theory |
Sternberg -3 components of love: intamacy: emotional component -passion: motivational component (looks and drive for sexual expression); fades fast -decision/committment: cognitive; short-term(love them), long-term(maintain relationship) -Probs in relationships may be due to mismatch of triangles -Each component needs to be put into action |
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Attachment Theory of Love |
Lovers in a category: secure, avoidant, anxious/ambivalent -secure: easy to get close to people; don't fear abandonment -avoidant: uncomfy being close to people; hard to trust people -anxious: want to get close, but partner doesn't reciprocate; scares others away; insecure -not related to childhood attachments |
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2 component theory of love |
2 conditions must exist simultaneously for passionate love to occur: physiological arousal and attaching a cognitive label to the feeling
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misattribution of arousal |
evidence for 2 component theory -when person in physiological arousal stage (ex. exercising) attributes these feelings to love or attraction to the person present -example: fear |
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Passionate vs. Companionate |
Passionate: state of intense longing for union with the other person and of intense physiological arousal --> people fail to see flaws
Companionate: feeling deep attachment and commitment with whom one has an intimate relationship |
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Biochemicals |
Passionate: dopamine --> euphora (like on the clouds)
companionate: oxytocin--> calm pleasure |
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individualistic culture |
-US and Canada -emphasize individual goals over group and societal goals -passionate love decided by indiv.
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Collectivist culture |
-China,Africa, SE Asia -emphasize group and collective goals over personal ones -arranged marriages good for the family -Big countries say wouldn't marry someone they didnt love -Thailand 34% said no but they do it anyway |
