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Attraction |
Proximity functional distance mere exposure physical attractiveness similarity reciprocal liking |
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functional distance |
Festinger, Schachter, & Back, (1950) ex. friendships were made most within the same block; distance matters |
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mere exposure |
something/someone you hate, the more you see them the more you hate them the more exposed you are to something the more you like it |
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physical attractiveness |
-best predictor of what we like -gender differences -self-fulfilling prophecy ex.facial symmetry ex.familiarity |
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facial symmetry |
more symmetrical=more attractive |
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gender differences |
women's waist to hip ratio=0.7 men's shoulder's to waist ratio = 0.9 |
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familiarity |
seem familiar to us; friend in college reminds us of friend in hs we like them |
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"what is beautiful is good" |
stereotype; people who are extremely physically attractive are looked at for their looks not who they are intelligence self-esteem happiness |
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similarity |
matching hypothesis perception of similarity validation |
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reciprocal linking |
when people like them a little bit more; slightly dislike somebody find out they like us, we like them a little more |
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derogation of alternativeness |
once in romantic relationship, you tend to ignore attractive people you think good about your romantic partner and ignore the other ex.hard to get effect |
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hard to get effect |
you act like you dislike someone they will dislike you back |
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social exchange theory (Rusbult) |
balance between what we put into the relationships and what we get out of it |
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investment model |
development of satisfaction and commitment in relationships |
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cognitive interdependence |
representation of the self in relationships |
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relationship-enhancing attributions |
put more responsibility on partner for your positive behaviors rather than negative |
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distress-maintaining attributions |
put responsibility on partners for their bad behavior and interpret positive behavior negatively |
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equity theory |
distribution of resources is fair between partners |
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attachment |
characteristic |
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secure |
mix of being able to form close attachment while maintaining own identity |
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avoidant |
avoid relationships, intimacy, partner |
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anxious |
obsessed in relationships; but terrified and scared of abandonment |
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attachment consistency |
can change overtime or between partners |
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triangular theory of love |
intimacy: emotional passion: physical affection commitment: willingness to stay |
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liking |
intimacy ONLY |
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romantic love |
intimacy and passion |
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compassionate love |
intimacy and commitment |
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infatuation |
passion alone; infatuate= short-lived passion |
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fatuous love |
passion and commitment (sugar daddy) |
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empty love |
commitment alone |
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passionate love |
misattributed arousal; men tended to call women while on bridge rather than after |
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companionate love |
self-disclosure: tell someone about self important in beginning |
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interracial relationships (homosexuals) |
tend to stay friends when break up (Lehmiller and Agnew 2006) |
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relationship dissolution (Rusbult) 1987 |
your response to the problems that come up is what differs the break up |
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destructive |
active= exit (threaten to break up) passive= neglect (ignore partner) |
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constructive |
active= voice (emphasize they need to work out the problem) passive= loyalty (stay in relationship and hope it gets better) |
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Femlee, 1985 |
reason relationships end is from the things you are initially attracted to a person; are the things that end up driving you crazy |
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dissolution (breaker vs. breakee) |
breakee= more negative feelings breaker= negative feeling of guilt |
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post-dissolution friendship |
friendship after breakup |
