intimate relations Flashcards
aspects of a close relationship(5)
-knowledge
-caring
-trust
-responsiveness
-commitments
mutuality
or closeness is when intimate partners think of themselves more as a unit as a couple instead of as separate individuals
attachment styles
-secure attachment
-anxious-ambivalent attachment
-avoidant attachement
propinquity
we are more likely to be attracted to people we see more often or who are in proximity to us
similarity
tends to make us like people more, similarity makes people easy to predict makes us think tey already like us it validates our own beliefs
social penetration theory
-as the relationship continues communication increases in
-depth
-breadth
self expansive model
expanding the range of interest and skills and expericnes and accomplishing this by seeking partners and friends to aid this
proportional justice
partners’ ratio of outcomes to the effort is equal to the other partner however excellent outcomes always trump equity
social support comes from (5)
emotional, physical, advice, material, appraisal
primacy effect
the first info we hear about someone we will likely remember