Week 12 - Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships Flashcards
matching hypothesis
peoples tendency to seek and find partners who are roughly at their own level of physical attractiveness
companionate love
a stable, calm and dependable love that may include quiet intimacy, stability, shared attitudes/values/life experiences, and high levels of self-disclosure
excitation transfer
when the arousal by one stimulus is added to the arousal from a second stimulus and the combined arousal is erroneously attributed to the second stimulus
passionate love
an intense, exciting, and all-consuming type of love, which includes constant thoughts about the person, powerful physical attraction, and intense communication
attachment styles
the expectations that a person has about a relationship partner, based largely on the persons early experiences with his or her caregivers
positive illusions
the notion that people tend to see their romantic partners as well as their relationships in highly idealized ways
social exchange theory
the theory that peoples satisfaction in a relationship is determined by the costs and rewards of the relationship
comparison level
the expected outcome of a relationship, meaning the extent to which a person expects his or her relationship to be rewarding
comparison level for alternatives (CLalt)
a calculation regarding the expected benefits and costs that a person could receive from having a relationships with various other partners
investment
the resources devoted to a relationship that cannot be retrieved
equity theory
the theory that relationship satisfaction depends on the ratio of costs and benefits for each partner in a relationship
demand/withdraw interaction pattern
a relatively common situation in which on partner is nagging, critical, and insistent about discussing the relationship problems while the other partner is withdrawn, silent, and defensive
negative attributional traps
explaining a partners behaviour in negative ways
reciprocity
in-kind response to the behaviour of others
