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Ch 13: Attraction

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the finding that the more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to become our friends   propinquity effect  
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a match between interests, attitudes, values, background or personality   similarity  
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people who like each other get to know and become familiar with each other   reciprocal liking  
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the finding that the more exposure we have to a stimulus the more apt we are to like it   mere exposure effect  
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a cognitive bias by which we tend to assume that an individual with one positive characteristic also possess other positive characteristics   halo effect  
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the feelings of intimacy and affection we have for someone that are not accompanied by passion or physiological arousal   companionate love  
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an intense longing we feel for a person, accompanied by physiological arousal   passionate love  
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the expectations people develop about relationships with others based on the relationship they had with their primary caregiver when they were infants   attachment styles  
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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  
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an attachment style characterized by difficulty developing intimate relationships because previous attempts to be intimate have been rebuffed   avoidant attachment  
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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  
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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  
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people’s expectations about the level of rewards and costs they are likely to receive in a particular relationship   comparison level  
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people’s expectations about the level of rewards and costs they would receive in an alternative relationship   comparison level of alternatives  
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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  
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the idea that people are happiest with relationships in which the rewards and costs experience by both parties are roughly equal   equity theory  
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relationships governed by the need for equity (equal ratio of rewards and costs)   exchange relationships  
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relationships in which people’s primary concern is being responsive to the other person’s needs   communal relationships  
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seeking complementary “assets” allows people to exchange what they want from relationships   asset matching  
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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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