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Ch 13: Attraction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| the finding that the more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to become our friends | propinquity effect |
| a match between interests, attitudes, values, background or personality | similarity |
| people who like each other get to know and become familiar with each other | reciprocal liking |
| the finding that the more exposure we have to a stimulus the more apt we are to like it | mere exposure effect |
| a cognitive bias by which we tend to assume that an individual with one positive characteristic also possess other positive characteristics | halo effect |
| the feelings of intimacy and affection we have for someone that are not accompanied by passion or physiological arousal | companionate love |
| an intense longing we feel for a person, accompanied by physiological arousal | passionate love |
| the expectations people develop about relationships with others based on the relationship they had with their primary caregiver when they were infants | attachment styles |
| an attachment style characterized by trust, a lack of concern with being abandoned, and the view that one is worthy and well liked | secure attachment |
| an attachment style characterized by difficulty developing intimate relationships because previous attempts to be intimate have been rebuffed | avoidant attachment |
| an attachment style characterized by a concern that others will not reciprocate one’s desire for intimacy, resulting in higher-than-average levels of anxiety | anxious attachment |
| the idea that people’s feelings about a relationship depend on their perceptions of its rewards and costs, the kind of relationship they deserve, and their chances for having a better relationship with someone else | social exchange theory |
| people’s expectations about the level of rewards and costs they are likely to receive in a particular relationship | comparison level |
| people’s expectations about the level of rewards and costs they would receive in an alternative relationship | comparison level of alternatives |
| the theory that people’s commitment to a relationship depends not only on their satisfaction with the relationship, but also on how much they have invested in the relationship to that would be lost by ending it | investment model |
| the idea that people are happiest with relationships in which the rewards and costs experience by both parties are roughly equal | equity theory |
| relationships governed by the need for equity (equal ratio of rewards and costs) | exchange relationships |
| relationships in which people’s primary concern is being responsive to the other person’s needs | communal relationships |
| seeking complementary “assets” allows people to exchange what they want from relationships | asset matching |
| the idea that people seek out traits in potential relationship partners that complement, or add what is missing, to their own | complementarity |
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