Romantic Relationships Flashcards

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Between two people; have deep knowledge about each other

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Intimate relationship

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Not the same as love and does not guarantee love, but opens the possibility

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Attraction

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Desire to be close to someone; psychological experience that played crucial role in developing relationships

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Interpersonal attraction

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Factors in romantic relationships

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Proximity and familiarity, physical attractiveness and reciprocity, similarity or compatibility

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Geological nearness

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Proximity and familarity

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“Functional distance”; powerfully detects liking

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Proximity

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Favorite letters of the alphabet; people of different nationalities, languages, and ages prefer the letters appearing in the names

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Mere exposure effect

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Doesn’t breed contempt; increases liking

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Familiarity

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Perceptions of beautiful people, how they are judged, associated with frequency of interactions

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Physical attractiveness and reciprocity

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Tendency for men and women to choose partners who are a good match in attractiveness and other traits

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Matching phenomenon

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Enough for people to guess a face’s attractiveness

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.013 second exposure

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12
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Shapes development of a relationship in the long term

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Similarity

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How you spend money, fill free time, deal with own family

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Practical

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How important sex is to you, comfortable you are with your sexuality

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Sexual

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Having the feeling that you can talk about anything, look at things the same way and agree on the most important things

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Wavelength

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More likely to share common attitudes, beliefs, and values

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Similarity and complementarity

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17
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Developing stable and affectionate interpersonal relationship to survive

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Evolutionary adaptation

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18
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Age of the beginning of romantic interest in Filipinos

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13-17 y.o.

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19
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Social experience rather than a prelude to marry

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Dating

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Process of coming together until they agree to be boyfriend-girlfriend

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M.U.

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21
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Not traditional anymore

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Courtship

22
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Natural process in the development of an intimate relationship

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Mutual understanding

23
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Sensing and feeling each other

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Pakikiramdam

24
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Best and worst moments in life are tied to a love relationship.

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Love

25
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By Robert Sternberg (1986); has three concepts

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Triangular theory of love

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Emotional component of love

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Intimacy

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Motivational love component

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Passion

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Cognitive-mental love component

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Commitment

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Begins with passionate love and ends with compassionate love characterized by deep affection

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Intimate relationship

30
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Difficult to maintain over time; have 3 or more love components

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Consummate love

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People arrive at their triangles of love through stories of what they want love to be.

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Love as a story

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Different love stories:

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Fairy-tale story, business story, travel story, theater story, horror story

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Involves the different styles of love

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Lee’s Styles of Love

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Physical beauty

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Romantic love style (Eros)

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“Players”; casual sex

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Game-playing love style (Ludus)

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Dangerous - jealousy, turmoil obsessive love; domestic violence

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Possessive love style (Mania)

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Long-term relationships - stable, commitment, willingness to work; mutually satisfying

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Companionate love style (Storge)

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Selfless, patient, without expectation for reciprocity

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Altruistic love style (Agape)

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Rational, practical, business-like, comapatible interests

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Pragmatic love style (Pragma)

40
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Proposed by Berscheid and Reis (1998)

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Romantic Love and Companionate Love

41
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What you feel when you love the person and in love

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Romantic love

42
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Initial thrill of romance slowly fades while the warmth and affection deepen.

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Companionate love

43
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Emphasizes emotional closeness and mutual understanding

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Love

44
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Intense emotional tie between two individuals

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Attachment

45
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Infant feel same when parent left and confident she would return; easy to get close to othr people

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Secure attachment

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Hesitant to leave parent’s side to explore/interact; finding other people are reluctant to get as close as wanted

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Anxious-ambivalent attachment

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Avoid parent; difficult to trust people completely, uncomfortable being close to others

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Avoidant attachment

48
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Reciprocal exchange of information - intimate relationships

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Social penetration theory

49
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Intimacy develops when self-disclosure leads to feeling of being understood and cared for

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Intimacy model

50
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Relationships are social exchange; stay in a relationship if the rewards are higher than the cost of staying

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Equity