Attraction and Close Relationships

Question 1

The role of our genes

Answer 1

• fertility status
• seeing red
• the hourglass figure

Question 2

averageness effect

Answer 2

humans prefer average faces to those with unusual or distinctive features (like a prototype)

Question 3

ideal partner dimensions

Answer 3

characteristics that make up the ideal partner

Question 4

What increases liking?

Answer 4

1 Proximity / Nähe
2 Familiarity / do we feel like we know them?
3 Similarity / are they ppl who are like us?

Question 5

assortive matching

Answer 5

a non random coupling of individuals based on their resembles to each other on one or more characteristic

Question 6

self-disclosure

Answer 6

the sharing of intimate information and feelings with another person

Question 7

disclosure reciprocity

Answer 7

play an important role in building trust

Question 8

a reinforcement approach

Answer 8

we like ppl who reward us and we dislike ppl who punish us

Question 9

reinforcement- affect model

Answer 9

model of attraction which postulates that we like ppl who are around us when we receive a positive feeling

Question 10

automatic activation

Answer 10

according to Fazio, attitudes that have a strong evaluative link to situational cues are more likely to automatically come to mind from memory

Question 11

Social Exchange (Homans)

Answer 11

ppl often use a form of everyday economics when they weigh up costs and rewards before deciding what to do

Question 12

cost-reward ratio

Answer 12

calculating what it will cost be reinforced by that other person

Question 13

minimax strategy

Answer 13

in relating to others, we try to minimize the costs and maximize the rewards

Question 14

Comparison level

Answer 14

a standard that develops over time, allowing us to judge whether a new relationship is profitable or not

Question 15

Equity Theory

Answer 15

special case of social exchange theory that defines a relationship as equitable when the ratio of inputs to outcomes are seen to be the same by both partners

Question 16

Distributive Justice

Answer 16

fairness of the outcome of a decision

Question 17

procedural justice

Answer 17

fairness of the procedures used to make a decision

Question 18

women and men preferences

Answer 18

women prefer equality and men equity

Question 19

need to affiliate

Answer 19

the urgue to form connections and to make contact with other ppl

Question 20

social comparison theory

Answer 20

comparing our behavior with those of others n order to establish the correct or socially approved way of thinking and behaving

Question 21

Hospitalism

Answer 21

a state of apathy and depression noted amongst instituionalized infants deprived of close contact with caregiver

Question 22

attachment behavior

Answer 22

tendency of an infant to maintain close physical proximity with the mother or primary caregiver

Question 23

campionate love

Answer 23

caring and affection for another person that usually arises from sharing time together

Question 24

Three- Factor Theory of Love

Answer 24

Hatfield and Walster distinguished three components of what we label love, cultural concept of love, appropiate person to love and an emotional arousal

Question 25

Consummate Love

Answer 25

Sternberg argues that this is the ultimate form of love, involving passion, intimacy and commitment

Question 26

Social Support Network

Answer 26

ppl who know and care about us and who can provide back up during a time of stress

Question 27

Relationship Dissolution Model

Answer 27

Ducks proposal of the sequence through which most longterm relationships proceed if they finally break down 
- > intrapsychic phase 
dydadic phase 
social phase 
grave-dressing phase