Module 3 Flashcards
The way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. According to Social Psychology, it is any association between persons, amounting to mutual familiarity, mutual awareness of one another’s identities, and meaningful understanding of their relations to one another
Relationship
Refer to close connections between people, formed by emotional bonds and interactions. It involve the act of relating and allowing your person to connect with others
Personal relationships
Four Types of Teenage Relationships
- Parents and Family
- Friendship and Peers
- Romantic Relationship
- Casual Relationship
They are an integral part of your lives
Parents and Family
They can be your stronghold and support, providing you with a sense of belonging, value, and security. They can be a source of information related to physical and emotional changes during this stage of development
Friendship and peers
This is relating with the element and taste of romance
Romantic Relationship
A “pleasurable feeling based on attraction to another person.” It is part of the major developmental milestone that involves the physical, social, and emotional aspects of a person, partly characterized by his/her growing interest and desire for independence, space, and privacy
Romance
Age when a person starts to show independence and spends more time with friends than family
9-11 years old
Age when a person spends more time in mixed gender groups which can end up in romantic relationships
10-14 years old
Age when romantic relationships can become central to social life. Friendships may become deeper and more stable
15-19 years old
This is a type of relationship without a real and defined sense of seriousness and commitment. Depth and intensity are not part of this kind of relationship
Casual Relationship
Refers to the “act, process, or power of attracting and evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone.” It can be considered as a precursor to love
Attraction
Three Forms of Attraction
- Crush
- Hero worship
- Courtship
An adolescent may be attracted to another person, and such attraction may be labeled as this. Its usual bases are the traits which the adolescents view as nice, ideal or admirable
Crush
Two Types of Crush
- Identity crush
* Romantic crush
Formed when an adolescent finds someone he/she admires wants to imitate or wishes to follow as his/her leader. This often last long because the admirer is using his/her crush in shaping his/her values, personality and development
Identity crush
Formed when an adolescent finds someone as attractive and feels the desire to be around or spend a lot of time with him/her. Most of these are short-lived because there is a tendency for the ‘magic’ of the ‘crush’ to wear off
Romantic crush
This is very similar to crush, though it differs in the sense that it is characterized by the absence or personal contact with the one being admired. It is like “celebrity crush” in which the object of affection is loved from afar
Hero worship
This includes stages in the romantic relationship whereby one gets to know more about the other person in an exclusive manner through dating
Courtship
Four Stages of Courtship
- Dating
- Selective Stage
- Going ‘Steady’
- Engagement Period
This is a process which offers an opportunity for an individual to know more about another person and have a friendly association or enjoyable time with him/her
Dating
After dating, a person decided whether or not to continue ‘seeing’ a certain individual. In this stage, a person also starts selecting the individual who will be his or her “steady” that is, the person with whom he/she wants to have a romantic relationship
Selective Stage
This is the stage where a sort of romantic relationship is made official. It involves some sort of agreement, such as exclusively dating each other and the intention to probably proceed to marriage in the future
Going ‘Steady’
This is the part where the couple is formally known as “engaged.” This encompasses a sort of contract and promise that on a set date, the engaged couple will marry each other
Engagement Period
It is something which cannot be fully captured in any single definition. It is very multifaceted and complex concept which could be experienced in every stage of human life
Love
Three Components of Love
- Attachment
- Caring
- Intimacy
Refers to the desire for the presence of the other person, which includes emotional support
Attachment
Refers to the concern for the other person’s well-being
Caring
The desire for privacy, closeness, and communication.
Intimacy
The intense state of being that drives and consumes a person to pursue an interest, a vision, or a person. It connotes sexual attraction, as well as intimacy
Passion
A psychologist that is one of the experts who theorized about love
Robert Sternberg
In this theory, love has three components such as intimacy, passion and commitment
Triangular Theory of Love
Eight Types of Love
- Nonlove
- Liking/Friendship
- Infatuated love
- Empty love
- Romantic love
- Companionate love
- Fatuous love
- Consummate love
Where the three components of love are absent
Nonlove
Characterized by feelings of closeness without passion and commitment
Liking/Friendship
There is an experience of passionate excitement but intimacy and decision/commitment are missing
Infatuated love
There is no love or passion but only commitment
Empty love
The components intimacy and passion are present. There is a physical and emotional bond but commitment is missing
Romantic love
Can be considered as stronger than friendship because of the presence of intimacy. There is no passion but long-term commitment exists
Companionate love
Concrete examples of this are whirlwind romances and marriages. There is a passion which results in commitment. But since there was a rush decisions to commit, there was no opportunity for intimacy
Fatuous love
The perfect and ideal form of love everybody desires to achieve. According to Sternberg, couples in this kind of love cannot find happiness from other persons aside from their respective partners. It may not last, as passion may fade but there is a possibility that it could weaken into companionate love
Consummate love
A promise, pledge or decisions to stick by each other through ups and downs of the relationship. It is about wanting and deciding to stay together as a couple in the future - despite twists and turns that life encourages. It is an act of deciding to consistently fulfill and live by agreements made with another person, entity, or cause, and where the values of integrity and respect serve as a guide to one’s behavior and thinking. It is expressed continuously in caring and loving actions for the beloved
Commitment
If we believe people are similar to us, we are more attracted to them
Homophily
There are times we meet people who we immediately like or dislike
Transference Effect
We often develop a sense of familiarity with people who live close to us, work with us, or go to school with us, which lead us to liking them more
Propinquity Effect
We like people who like us back
Reciprocity
It is a major factor in liking someone
Physical Attractiveness
People get attracted to two characteristics that lead to liking the other person namely empathic persons and socially competent
Personality Characteristics and Traits
