CHAPTER 10 ATTRACTION AND INTIMACY: LIKING AND LOVING OTHERS Flashcards
Need to belong
A motivation to bond with others in relationships that provide ongoing, positive interactions.
proximity
Geographical nearness. Proximity (more precisely, “functional distance”) powerfully predicts liking.
mere-exposure effect
The tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them.
matching phenomenon
The tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are a “good match” in attractiveness and other traits.
Physical-attractiveness stereotype
The presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits as well: What is beautiful is good.
complementarity
The popularly supposed tendency, in a relationship between two people, for each to complete what is missing in the other.
ingratiation
The use of strategies, such as flattery, by which people seek to gain another’s favour.
reward theory of attraction
The theory that we like those whose behaviour is rewarding to us or whom we associate with rewarding events
passionate love
A state of intense longing for union with another. Passionate lovers are absorbed in one another; they feel ecstatic at attaining their partner’s love, and they are disconsolate on losing it.
two-factor theory of emotion
Arousal × its label = emotion
companionate love
The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined.
secure attachment
Attachment rooted in trust and marked by intimacy.
avoidant attachment
Attachments are marked by discomfort over, or resistance to, being close to others. An insecure attachment style.
anxious attachment
Attachment marked by anxiety or ambivalence. An insecure attachment style.
equity
A condition in which the outcomes people receive from a relationship are proportional to what they contribute to it. Note: Equitable outcomes needn’t always be equal outcomes.
