Week four - Attraction and romantic relationships Flashcards
What are the three factors that determine attraction
Proximity, similarity and physical attractiveness
What is interpersonal attraction
The study of attraction or liking between two or more people
What is proximity
The way relationships are formed between things close to one another
what is mere exposure
the phenomenon whereby the more often people are exposed to a stimulus, the more positively they evaluate that stimulus
what are the two explanations for mere exposure effect
fluency, conditioning
what is similarity attraction
people tend to like others who are more similar to themselves
What are the four dimentions of similarity
attitudinal, demographic, personality and physical attractiveness
What is the halo effect
Belief that attractive people possess many more desirable traits
What are the two dimensions of adult attachment
anxiety and avoidence
What are the four attachment styles
- Secure: Low anxiety, low avoidance, comfortable with intimacy and autonomy
- anxious: High anxiety, needs reassurance and validation, depenency
- dismissing avoidend: Low anxiety, high avoidance, uncomfortable with intimacy
- fearful avoident: High anxiety, high avoidance, desire closeness but feel unworthy of affection
What are the three primary variables of love
- passion
- intimacy
commitment
What is passion charecterised by
high arousal and intense attraction
What is intimacy
comfort and security in sense of being close
In the investment model of romantic satisfaction what are the three factors of making partners more commited to each other
Satisfaction
Alernatives
Investment
What is the interaction dynamics approach
Approach to studying behaviours and conversations of couples with a focus on both positive and negative behaviours
