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3 Types of Opening Lines

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  1. ) Innocuous (“Hey can you pass me that drink?”)
  2. ) Flippant (Could be too sweet or too offensive)
  3. ) Direct Approach (“Hey do you want to meet up tonight?”)
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Shyness

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an individuals discomfort and or inhibition in interpersonal situations that interferes with pursuing and interpersonal professional goal

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Dispositional Shyness

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Part of your personality

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Situational Shyness

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Specific environmental circumstances that develop feelings, physical reactions, and thoughts that create a state of anxiety, discomfort, and inhibition.

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6 dimensions associated with the strength of ones “want to” commitment

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  1. ) perceiving a rewarding future,
  2. ) identifying with the relationship,
  3. ) perceiving fewer attractive alternates,
  4. ) willingness to exert effort for the relationship,
  5. ) investing more in the relationship,
  6. )accepting responsibility for your commitment
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7 ways to effectively communicate commitment

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1) repeat commitment over diff. ways
2) unqualified absolute statement (i’ll love you forever)
3) talk about future relationship awards,
4) make public statements about commitment to relationship
5) make statements of commitment more permanent
6) things that show effort
7) initiate at least as much as you respond

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Personal Idioms

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unique speech patterns that distinguis the relationship (pet names, inside jokes)

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2 Functions of personal idioms

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1) serves to make the pair a more concise unit, 2) help couples to define relationship norms

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8 Categories of Idioms

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1) expressions of affection (squeezing hand)
2) teasing insults
3) partner nicknames
4) names for others outside the relationship
5) requests and routines
6) confront actions
7) sexual invitations
8) sexual references and euphemisms (nicknames for sexual things)

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3 Patterns of successful comforting

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1) talk about feelings
2) talking about value of person being helped
3) signals that underscore the authenticity of the helpers response

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Lee’s Theory of Love - main points

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1 - Love can mainfest itself in different ways
2- Different people have different styles of loving

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Love of beauty - Lee

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passionate and intense

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Playful Love - Lee

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Love to play the game. Love is not a top priority; Want to maintain control and independence; Seek variety & good times

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Companionate love - Lee

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Patient, Stable, Predictable; based on friendship and having someone to spend time with

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Obsessive Love - Lee

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Passion & desire. very needy and dramatic; love is like an addiction

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Realistic Love - Lee

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Combines Control & manipulation of playful love with companionate love; guided by practicality and logical thinking more than feelings. Think online dating sites like eharmony that match you based on combatibility/ shared goals and values

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Altruistic Love - Lee

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General compassion for others; Unselfish, generous, kind; place others’ needs above your own

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Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love - 3 traits

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Commitment, passion, intimacy

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Consummate love - STT

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intimacy, commitment, passion

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Companionate Love - STT

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Intimacy & commitment

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Fatuous Love - STT

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Commitment & Passion

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Romantic Love - STT

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intimacy & passion

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Empty love - STT

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Commitment

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Infatuation Love

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# Flushcurds Liking - STT
Intimacy
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# Flushcurds Berscheid and Walster: Is it Liking or Loving
- Individuals will experience passionate love if they are emotionally agitated and attribute their state to love (Role of fantasy is key distinction)
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# Flushcurds Rubin: Liking or Loving
Liking - affection and respect. | Love - attachment, caring & intimacy
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# Flushcurds Foundation of Intimacy - 5 Self-Fulfillment needs
1 - Affection needs (comforting touching and verbal behaviors may inc. sexual gratification) 2 - Self-esteem (appreciation) 3 - Security needs (friends, shelter, food; safe and free from threats) 4 - Freedom needs (autonomy and independence) 5 - Equality needs (being equal to partner)
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# Flushcurds Disengagement Strategies - Positive Tone vs Negative Identity Management
Both are attempts to minimize hurt feelings/ negative opinions of the person ending the relationship. Positive tone - an apology or explicit statement that you don't want to hurt the other person or end on bad terms; Negative Identity management - more implicit; uses positive framing, ex. this is an opportunity for you (or for both of us) to be happier/ find the right person...
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# Flushcurds Disengagement Strategies - Behavioral De-escalation vs de-escalation
Behavioral De-escalation - more about what is NOT said; don't talk about it or officially break-up, just cut off contact/ avoid the other person. De-escalation - said, told or communicated desire to slow down, spend time apart as opposed to break-up
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# Flushcurds prelinguistic deafness
Acquired before the acquisition of language, congenital (at birth) or before 3 years of age
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# Flushcurds Manually-coded -signed - English
Systems for “showing English on the hands”, to accompany vocal speech
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# Flushcurds American Sign Language
A full language in the visual-manual modality, with its own grammatical system
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# Flushcurds Channels of ASL discourse for American Sign Language
Hands and Arms - Handshapes, Locations, Movements and Orientation Head and Face - Head tilt, Direction of gaze, Eyes, mouth, eyebrows Body & Shoulders - The grammatical role of 3-D space itself
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# Flushcurds 5 Characteristics of Deaf Communication
1. Multimodality, bilingualism 2. Signalling strategies 3. Use of eyes 4. Interpreters 5. Technologies: TDD, text pager, and Videophone conversations
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# Flushcurds 4 Strategies for Effective Communication with a Deaf Individual
1. Keep Speech style: clear and focused 2. Be aware of body positioning and lighting; it can interfere with the visual component of communication 3. Always better to Ask for guidance 4. Talk directly to the Deaf person -even when using an interpreter!
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# Flushcurds Hooking Up
Definition varies across the geographies and generations; involves - At least two people - Casual acquaintances - Sexual behavior - Key feature - No future commitment
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# Flushcurds pluralistic ignorance
Belief that our private attitudes, beliefs, or judgments are discrepant from the social norm Especially when it comes to risk behaviors
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# Flushcurds 5 Principles of Relational Control
``` Principles of Control A. Least Interest B. Alternatives C. Resource Control D. Scarcity E. Rewards ```
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# Flushcurds Locus of Control
External (it's up to fate, destiny or "the powers that be") Internal - ("I determine my outcomes and success")
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# Flushcurds Procedural Fairness - The consistency rule
Same criteria and process across people and time
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# Flushcurds Procedural Fairness - The bias suppression rule
Personal self interest and blind allegiance to narrow preconceptions should be prevented
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# Flushcurds Procedural Fairness - The accuracy rule
The process is based as much as possible on good information and informed opinions
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# Flushcurds Procedural Fairness - The correctability rule
Opportunities exits to modify and reverse decisions
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# Flushcurds Procedural Fairness - The representativeness rule
The process must reflect the basic concerns, values, and outlooks of important subgroups
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# Flushcurds Procedural Fairness - The ethicality rule
Allocations must be compatible with fundamental moral and ethical values
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# Flushcurds Functions of Self-Disclosure
``` A. Expression B. Seeking Validation C. Clarification D. Relationship Development E. Information-giving F. Impression Management G. Rewards H. Seeking Advice ```
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# Flushcurds Factors Affecting How We Judge Disclosure
Appropriateness, Valence (positive or negative), Relevanc, Intentional, Breadth (variety and scope of topics), Depth (intensity, seriousness or amount of detail) , Clarity, Accuracy, Integrity, Honesty
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# Flushcurds Reasons for not disclosing
1. Socialization 2. Not Rewarded 3. Role Assignments 4. Power Position
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# Flushcurds Social Comparison Jealousy
Envious of another person's opportunities, successes or relationship: leads to self-perception that there is something negative about you
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# Flushcurds Benign Envy
Feel Motivated by another person’s success and strive to emulate - Want to study more, perform better - We pay more attention when we have envy
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# Flushcurds Malicious Envy
You want to cut the person down so you look better; you will undermine them -To reduce this, take stock of your own accomplishments
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# Flushcurds Consequences of Social Comparison
1. Degrade the other 2. Happy when they fail 3. Negative self-image 4. Depression & Anxiety 5. Motivation
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# Flushcurds Social Relations Jealousy
a perceived threat to your relationship
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# Flushcurds What Is An Affair?
Can be sexual or emotional | physical or non-physical (phone, internet)
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# Flushcurds Unfair Fighting - Behaviors
``` Exploitative Tactics Psyching the Person Out Conversational Techniques Going to Extremes Crazy-Making ```

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