Chapter 9 - Friendship And Love Flashcards

1
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Paradox of close relationships

A

Both positive and negative intense feelings

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2
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Initial attractions between strangers

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Proximity
Familiarity - mere exposure effect
Physical attractiveness - not most important factor (kindness, humour, intelligence)

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3
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Matching hypothesis

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People of similar levels of physical attractiveness gravitate toward each other

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4
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Resource exchange

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Heterosexual dating, men trade occupational status for physical attractiveness in females

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5
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Parental investment theory

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Mating patterns depend on what each sex has to invest in terms of survival

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6
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Viability of relationships

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Reciprocal liking - liking those who show they like you

Similarity - drawn to those with similar qualities

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7
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Relationship maintenance

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Actions and activities used to sustain the desired quality of a relationship

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8
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Interdependence or social exchange theory

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Decision to stay in a relationship is based on cost benefit analysis of the relationships outcome

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9
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Comparison level

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Gauges relationship satisfaction, Personal standard of what constitutes acceptable balance of rewards and costs

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10
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Commitment

A

Satisfaction - comparison levels for alternatives + investments

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11
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Conflict in friendships

A

Reproach, remedy, acknowledgment

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12
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Sternberg’s triangular theory of love

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Loving relationships are comprised of intimacy, passion, commitment

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13
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Consummate love

A

Intimacy, passion, commitment

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14
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Liking

A

Intimacy

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15
Q

Compassionate love

A

Intimacy and commitment

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16
Q

Empty love

A

Commitment

17
Q

Fatuous love

A

Passion and commitment

18
Q

Infatuation

A

Passion

19
Q

Romantic love

A

Intimacy and passion

20
Q

Attachment styles based on

A

Attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance

21
Q

Why relationships end

A

Premature commitment
Ineffective communication and conflict management
Boredom
Availability of more attractive relationships
Low level satisfaction

22
Q

Self defeating attributions style

A

Thinking negatively about social situations can cause people to behave in ways that confirm negative experiences

23
Q

Cyberball

A

Excluded by the other group
Felt relatively worse even after being rejected by the kkk
Lower self worth when rejected

24
Q

Need to belong

A

Important, innate, universal

25
Q

Social exclusion and pain

A

Same areas light up in brain on fMRI