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Love/Like
Exam 2
Question | Answer |
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What makes you start to like someone (3)? | physical proximity and contact, similarity, and attraction |
what do studys say about proximity? | out of sight, out of mind. |
what is the technical term for proximity? | repeated exposure effect |
name three anecdotes of the repreated exposure effect | commercials, summer vaca. romances, long-distance relationships |
what do studys say about similarity? | birds of a feather flock together |
what is the technical term for similarity? | consensual validation |
name one anecdote for consensual validation | olympics |
what do studys say about attraction? | beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
what is the technical term for attraction? | halo effect |
what is the halo effect? | assuming that because you think someone is beautiful or attractive, that everything else about them is perfect |
What is the Matching Hypothesis? | "you look good together!' "you're a cute couple!" ... you are very likely to end up with someone that is similar in their attractiveness to you |
what makes you fall in love (3)? | strong emotional arousal, appropriate person (according to your culture's standards), and the belief in the concept of romantic love |
what is the "misattribution of love"? | the Bridge Study done by Dutton and Aaron |
What did the bridge study show? | That when someone is excited or physically aroused by something in the environment (the shakey bridge), they are more likely to find someone attractive |
who came up with the love triangle? | Sternberg |
what does sternberg define as the 3 types of love? | intimacy, passion, and commitment |
what is commitment by itself? | empty love (cousin that annoys you) |
what is passion by itself? | infatuation (crush) |
what is intimacy by itself? | simply liking that person (aquaintence) |
what is intimacy + passion? | a romantic relationship |
what is intimacy + commitment? | companionate (family, best friend) |
what is passion + commitment? | fatuous (booty call, ex) |
All parts of the triangle is a? | consummate relationship (complete) this is your life partner |
What is the theory of Sociobiology? | suggests that our best survival strategy men and women look for very different things. |
instead of 'opposites attract' studies show... | we value similarity |
what is the exposure effect? | repeated contact or exposure to someone increased familiarity with the person and increased positive feelins and evaluations of the person. |
what else has research suggested about proximity? | even unconscious exposure can lead to liking! |
What is the two-factor theory of emotion? | proposes that all emotions involve physiological arousal and a cognitive interpretation of that arousal. (those sweaty palms and racing heart came from walking up the stairs, not the beautiful lady) |
what is excitation transfer? | our excitation fromm the actual source of arousal transfers to another source |
the halo effect causes us to have this | what-is-beautiful-is-good stereotype |