Chapter 12 - Attraction, Intimacy, And Love Flashcards
Intimacy
Feelings of closeness and connection that one feels with another.
mere-repeated-exposure effect
The tendency for repeated exposure to a stimulus (e.g., another person) to increase our preference for that stimulus.
Homophiliy
The principle that we are more likely to have contact and affiliate with people who are similar to us.
Assortative mating
The tendency to choose a partner who is similar to oneself on one or more characteristics.
Pick-up line
A verbal statement made by someone in order to initiate a romantic encounter.
Hooking up
Casual sex interactions with no strings attached.
Passionate love
A state of intense longing for union with another.
Compassionate love
Affection and tenderness felt for someone with whom one’s life is deeply connected.
Commitment
In the short term, the decision that one person loves another. In the long term, the decision to maintain the love that one has for another person.
Love stories
Stories that express different beliefs and ideas about what love is like.
Habituation
A decrease in behavioural response to a repeated stimulus. Sexual habituation occurs when increased accessibility to a partner and predictability in sexual interactions leads to reduced sexual interest.
Misattributation
When physiological arousal stemming from one state (e.g. fear) is misinterpreted as stemming from another state (e.g. love).
Objectùm sexuality
Emotional and physical attraction to and love for an object or objects.
Optimal sexuality
Having sexual experiences that are (subjectively) extraordinary.
Jealousy
A negative emotional response to potential or actual rejection from a partner or to loss of a relationship due to a rival.
