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| The desire to establish and maintain many rewarding interpersonal relationships. |
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People seek out the company of others, even strangers, in times of stress.
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Shyness can't be learned.
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False.
it can be learned due to failed social interactions thereby igniting anxiety about the future interactions. |
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A feeling of deprivation about existing social relations.
triggered by a discrepancy between the level of social contact a person has and the level he/she wants. |
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The single best predictor of whether two people will get together or not is proximity, or nearness.
These days that includes online interaction with people. |
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the phenomenon whereby the more often people are exposed to a stimulus, the more positively they evaluate that stimulus.
stronger when the stimulus is presented without our awareness of it |
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The more attractive a person is, the better off in life they will be.
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True.
We as humans tend to percieve attractive people as more capable, intelligent, healthy, etc. |
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Infants do not discriminate between faces considered attractive and unattractive in their culture.
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| What is beautiful is good Stereotype |
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| The belief that physically attractive individuals also possess desirable personality characteristics. |
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Attractive people are just as happy as less attractive people.
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People who are physically attractive have higher self-esteem than those who are unattractive.
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When it comes to romantic relationships, opposites attract.
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| The proposition that people are attracted to others who are similar in physical attractiveness. |
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| A mutual exchange between what we give and receive - liking those who like us. |
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| The tendency to prefer people who are highly selective in their social choices over those who are more readily available. |
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Men and women who are not in committed relationships see each other as more attractive as the night wears on.
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Men are more upset by ---- infidelity
Women are more upset by ---- infidelity |
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| A close relationship between two adults involving emotional attachment, fulfillment of psychological needs, or interdependence. |
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| A perspective that views people as motivated to maximize benefits and minimize costs in their relationships with others. |
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| The theory that people are most satisfied with a relationship when the ratio between benefits and contributions is similar for both partners. |
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| A relationship in which the participants expect and desire strict reciprocity in their interactions. |
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| A relationship in which the participants expect and desire mutual responsiveness to each other's needs. |
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| The way a person typically interacts with significant others. |
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| Triangular Theory of Love |
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| A throty proposing that love has three basic components --- intimacy, passion, and commitment --- that can be combined to produce eight subtypes. |
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| Intimacy, Passion, and Commitment |
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| The process whereby arousal caused by one stimulus is added to arousal from a second stimulus and the combined arousal is attributed to the second stimulus. |
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| Revelations about the self that a person makes to others. |
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Men are more likely than women to interpret friendly gestures by the opposite sex in sexual terms.
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| A person's preference for members of the same sex, opposite sex, or both sexes. |
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| Same sex couples differ from straight couples in two ways: |
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1. They are more likely to retain friendships with former sexual partners
2. They tend to divide up household chores more evenly. |
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After the honeymoon period there is an overall decline in levels of marital satisfaction.
True or False?
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