chaps 11-14 Flashcards
What is attraction?
Anything that draws two or more people together, making them want to possibly engage in long lasting relationship
What is social acceptance?
A situation in whcih other peoplehave come to like, respectyou approve of you, and include you in their groups or relationships.
What is rejection?
Being prevented by pothers from formingor keepinga social bondwith the; the oppiste of acceptance
What is the need to beloing?
The desire to form close lasting relationships with others
What ius Ingratiatin?
What people actively do to try and gewt someone to like them
What is self monitoring?
Thje ability to change one’s behavior in different situations
What is matching hypothesis?
The proposition that otherstend to pair up with others tht are equally attracgtive
`What is reinforcement theory?
The proposigtion that people and animals will perform behaviors that have been rewarded more than they will peerform other behaviors
/What is propiquinty
Being near someone oin a regualr basis
What is social allergy effet?
The idea that a partners annoying habits become more anoying overtime
What is the What is beautiful is good effect
Basically the halo effect, physical atteaxctiveness transfers make those seem superior in other categories
What is ostracism?
Beingf excluded rejected and ignored by others
What is rejection sensitivity?
A tendency to expect rejection from others and to become hypersensative to possiblerejection
What is loneliness?
The painful feeling of wanting more human contact than you have
What is the bad apple effect?
The idea that one person who breaks the rules can insire others to break the rules as well
What is unrequited love?
A situation where one persons loves another but it is not reciprical
What is stalking?
Persisting in romantic behaviors that frighten and harass the rejector
What is Passionate love?
Stong feelings of longing desire and excitement toward ba special person
What is companionate love?
Mutual understanding and caring to make relationship succeed
What is passion?
An emotional state charecterized by high bodily arrousal such as increased heart rate and vblood preassure
What is intamacy
A feeling of closeness, mutual understanding, and mutual concern for each others welfare and happiness
Whatis commitment?
A conscious decision that remains constant
What are exchange relationships?
Based on reciprocity nsd fairness in which people expect something in return
What are communal relationships?
Relationships based on mutal love and concern, w/o expectation of repayment
What is attachement theory?
A theory that classifies people into four attachment styles based on two dimenssions
In relation to attachment theory what are the four main attachment styles
Secure, preoccupied, dismmissing and avoidant
What are the two dimnssions?
Anxiety and avoidant
What is secure attachment?
people are low on anxietyand avoidanc; trust partners, share feelings; enjoy relqationships
What are Preoccupied attachments?
People are low on avoidance but high in anxiety- what to enjoy closeness nbut worry thewir partners will leave them
What are Dissmissing avoidant attachments?
People are low on anxiety but high on avoidance, ted to view partners as unreliabnle, unavaliable and uncaring
What are fearful avoidant attachments?
People have high anxiety and avoidance- tend to have low opinions of themselves and avoid others or keep them from getting close
What is the investment model?
Theory that uses three factors, satisfactyion, investment, and alrternatives to asseswhy people stay or leave
What is relationship enhancing styles of attribution?``
Tendency of hapoy couples t attributetheir partnersgood acts to internal factors and bad acts to external factors
What is distress maintaining style of attribution?
Tendency of unhappy cuples to attribute their partners good actsto external factors and bad acts to internal factors
What is the social constuctionist theory of sexuality?
Attitudes, behaviors, sexual desire, and sexual behavior are strongly shaoped by culture ad socilizarion