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is a feeling of affection and respect that we typically have for our friends.
Affection: is a sense of warmth and fondness toward another person.
Respect: admiration for another person apart from how he/she treats you and communicates with you |
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| is a vastly deeper and more intense emotional experience. 3 components: |
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| concern you have for your partner’s welfare and the desire to keep him/her happy. |
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| feeling of closeness and union between you and your partner |
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| is a longing to be in your partner’s presence as much a possible. |
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| is a state of intense emotional and physical longing for union with another |
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| an intense from of liking defined by emotional investment and deeply intertwined lives. |
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| friendly lovers. Stable, predictable, and rooted in friendship |
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| forgiving lovers. Patient, selfless, giving, and unconditional |
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| obsessive lovers. Intense, tumultuous, extreme and all-consuming |
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| practical lovers. Logical, rational and founded in common sense. |
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| game-playing lovers. Uncommitted, fun and played like a game |
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| romantic lovers. Sentimental, romantic, idealistic and committed. |
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| chosen interpersonal involvements forged through communication and which the participants perceive the bond as romantic. |
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| 6 KEY ELEMENTS TO ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS |
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1. Parception
2. Diversity
3. Choice
4. Commitment: strong psychological attachment to a partner and an intention to continue the relationship
5. Tensions: Relational Dialects: competing impulses between ourselves and our feelings toward others
6. Communication |
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| being in one another’s presence frequently, exerts high impact in romantic attraction. |
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| you feel more attracted to those with whom you have frequent contact. |
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| people feel drawn to those they perceive as physically attractive. |
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| we perceive beautiful people as competent communicators, intelligent and well-adjusted. |
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| we tend to form long-term romantic relationships with people we judge as similar to ourselves in physical attractiveness. |
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| more than physical attractiveness, sharing parallel personalities, values and likes or dislikes. |
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| BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER EFFECT |
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| we are attracted to those we perceive as similar to ourselves. |
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| we tend to be attracted to people who are attracted to us. |
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| we feel drawn to those who we see as offering substantial benefits with few associated costs. |
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| the balance of benefits exchanged by you and the other person. |
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Coming Together:
1. Initiating
2. Experimenting
3. Intensifying
4. Integrating
5. Bonding |
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1. Differentiating
2. Circumscribing
3. Stagnating
4. Avoiding
5. Terminating |
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| using communication and supportive behaviors to sustain a desired relationship status and level of satisfaction. |
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| 7 STRATEGIES FOR RELATIONAL MAINTENANCE |
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1. Positivity
2. Assurances
3. Sharing Tasks
4. Acceptance
5. Self-Disclosure
6. Relationship Talks
7. Social Networks |
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| an intensional act that goes against the expectations of a romantic relationship. |
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| protective reaction to a perceived threat to a valued relationship. Combination of negative emotions: anger, fear and sadness. |
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| using online communication to try to insert oneself between two romantic partners |
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| most effective way to deal with jealousy. |
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| the violation of one’s independence and privacy by a person who desires an intimate relationship. |
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