Romantic Relationships Flashcards
Between two people; have deep knowledge about each other
Intimate relationship
Not the same as love and does not guarantee love, but opens the possibility
Attraction
Desire to be close to someone; psychological experience that played crucial role in developing relationships
Interpersonal attraction
Factors in romantic relationships
Proximity and familiarity, physical attractiveness and reciprocity, similarity or compatibility
Geological nearness
Proximity and familarity
“Functional distance”; powerfully detects liking
Proximity
Favorite letters of the alphabet; people of different nationalities, languages, and ages prefer the letters appearing in the names
Mere exposure effect
Doesn’t breed contempt; increases liking
Familiarity
Perceptions of beautiful people, how they are judged, associated with frequency of interactions
Physical attractiveness and reciprocity
Tendency for men and women to choose partners who are a good match in attractiveness and other traits
Matching phenomenon
Enough for people to guess a face’s attractiveness
.013 second exposure
Shapes development of a relationship in the long term
Similarity
How you spend money, fill free time, deal with own family
Practical
How important sex is to you, comfortable you are with your sexuality
Sexual
Having the feeling that you can talk about anything, look at things the same way and agree on the most important things
Wavelength
More likely to share common attitudes, beliefs, and values
Similarity and complementarity
Developing stable and affectionate interpersonal relationship to survive
Evolutionary adaptation
Age of the beginning of romantic interest in Filipinos
13-17 y.o.
Social experience rather than a prelude to marry
Dating
Process of coming together until they agree to be boyfriend-girlfriend
M.U.