CHAPTER 7 Flashcards
Romantic Attraction
Feelings of infatuation, love, and emotional desire for another person
Matching Phenomenon
The tendency for partners in an intimate relationship to be similar in physical appearance
Vertical Attribute
A quality on which people can be ranked hierarchically
Horizontal Attribute
A quality on which people can differ without being judged better or worse than anyone else
Complementarity
The state of being complementary; in the context of romantic attraction, the idea that people are attracted to those who have qualities that they themselves lack
Unrequited Love
Romantic attraction that is not reciprocated; there is no mutual interest on the part of the other person
Stalking
Unwanted and disturbing attention from someone seeking to start, or continue, a romantic relationship
Speed Dating
An arranged social event where unacquainted people talk briefly with every potential romantic partner each person identifies which others he or she wishes to see again; if that wish is reciprocated, a date can be arranged
Misattribution of Arousal
The tendency to mistakenly believe that physical or sexual arousal stemming from one cause is actually the result of another cause; a source of situational effects on romantic attraction
Mate Selection
The process through which a committed relationship is formed
Proceptivity
Anticipatory behaviours of receptiveness or availability, such as nonverbal signals, shown by one person to another to indicate that it would be acceptable to initiate a conversation
Behavioural Synchrony
The tendency for partners who are mutually attracted to unconsciously mimic each other’s movements and gestures
Social Penetration Theory
A theory describing how the breadth and depth of personal self-disclosures exchanged by two people affect the development of the relationship between them
Disclosure Reciprocity
Responding to someone’s personal disclosure by immediately revealing something equally personal
Hooking Up
Having a physical counter with the understanding that there is no expectation of any further involvement
Also called fling, one-night stand
