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| The motivation to bond with others in relationships that provide ongoing, positive interactions ~~ Maslow's Hierarchy |
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| Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs |
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| Physiological needs --> Safety --> Love & Belongingness --> Self Esteem --> SELF ACTUALIZATION |
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| desire to approach or be with someone |
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| propinquity / proximity effect |
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The finding that the more we see and
interact with people, the more likely
they are to become our friends. |
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| Refers to certain aspects of architectural design that make it more likely that some people will come into contact with each other more often than with others |
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| The more similar a strangers interests are to yours, the more you will like that person |
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Just knowing that someone likes us fuels our attraction to the person
Sometimes, = due to self-fulfilling prophecy |
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| self-fulfilling prophecy (and attractiveness) |
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| When we expect people to like us, we elicit more favorable behavior from them and show more to them |
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| People tend to date and marry others of similar attractiveness |
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| "what is beautiful is good" stereotype |
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beautiful is often thought to be:
Sociable, Sexual, Extraverted, Happy, Popular, Assertive |
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| an effect of mere exposure |
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| The intimacy and affection we feel when we care deeply for a person but do not experience passion or arousal in the person's presence |
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| An intense longing we feel for a person, accompanied by physiological arousal; when our love is reciprocated, we feel great fulfillment and ecstasy, but when it is not, we feel sadness and despair |
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| passionate or physical love |
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| slow-growing love, affectionate, companionate |
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| selfless, giving, altruistic, more spiritual than physical |
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| highly emotional, vascillates between elation and despair |
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| pragmatic love, realistic |
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| love is a game, multiple partners common |
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People feel (positively or negatively) about their relationships depending on:
1. Their perception of the rewards they receive from the relationship
2. Their perception of the costs they incur
3. Their perception of what kind of relationship they deserve (comparison level)
4. The probability that they could have a better relationship with someone else (comparison level for alternatives) |
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Equitable relationships as the happiest and most stable. In comparison, inequitable relationships result in one person feeling:
1. overbenifited
2. underbenefited |
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| the theory that people's commitment to a relationship depends not only on their satisfaction with the relationship in terms of rewards, costs, and comparison level and their comparison level for alternatives but also on how much they have invested in the relationship that would be lost by leaving it |
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| relationships governed by the need for equity (ie. for an equal ratio of rewards and costs) |
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| relationships in which people's primary concern is being responsive to the other person's needs |
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| the attempt to explain social behavior in terms of genetic factors that evolved over time according to the principles of natural selection |
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| the expectations people develop about relationships with others, based on the relationship they had with their primary caregiver when they were infants |
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| an attachment style characterized by trust, a lack of concern with being abandoned, and the view that one is worthy and well liked |
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| an attachment style characterized by a suppression of attachment needs, because attempts to be intimate have been rebuffed; people with this style find it difficult to develop intimate relationships |
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| an attachment style characterized by a concern that others will not reciprocate one's desire for intimacy, resulting in higher-than-average levels of anxiety |
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| if I uniquely like you, do you uniquely like me? |
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| Are "likers" also liked in turn |
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| Women are more romantically selective than men |
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| the tendency to overestimate the intensity and duration of our emotional reactions to future negative events |
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| a personality variable reflecting the extent to which people engage in and enjoy effortful cognitive activities |
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| heuristic-systematic model of persuasion |
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| an explanation of the two ways in which persuasive communications can cause attitude change: either systematically processing the merits of the arguments or using mental shortcuts (eg. "experts are always right") |
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| the rapid spread of emotions or behaviors through a crowd |
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| the occurrence, in a group of people, of similar physical symptoms with no known physical cause |
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| the case where a minority of group members influence the behavior or beliefs of the majority |
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