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| a person attached to another by respect or affection |
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| the process of selecting friends because of comparable interests, income level, educational beliefs, and so on |
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| when the satisfaction, security, and development of another person is as important to you as your own satisfaction, security, and development; also referred to as the desire to see another individual become all they can be as a person - with room to breathe and grow |
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| an irrational feeling or passion for someone or something. passion, but no commitment or intimacy |
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| a form of love that includes intimacy and passion, but no commitment |
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| commitment, passion, and intimacy |
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| ratio of positive interactions to negative interactions is vital to a happy relationship |
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| wanting to bind the partner to an enduring relationship |
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| sacrificing for the sake of love |
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| sheer physical excitement and sexual pleasure |
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| the feeling that one can share all of one's thoughts and actions with another |
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| beliefs about a man and woman's roles in marriage |
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| a family system consisting of stepchildren and stepparents |
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| anytime from the wedding day to a year or so from that day |
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| the process of conveying feelings, attitudes, facts, beliefs, and ideas between individuals, either verbally or nonverbally, and being understood in the way intended |
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| the state of demanding complete devotion from another person; being suspicious of a rival or of one believed to enjoy an advantage |
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| the decision not to marry |
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| a fondness or preference for someone or something. intimacy, but no commitment or passion |
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| a form of love that includes commitment, but no intimacy or passion |
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| commitment and intimacy, but no passion |
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| an intense physiological attraction for another person |
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| people are initially, spontaneously repulsed by strangers who are very dissimilar to themselves |
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| treating love like a game or sport |
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| treating love as a practical down to earth decision |
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| a joint decision to begin a relatively long-lasting, more intimate relationship that to some extent includes other intimate relationships |
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| a close union of two people who decide to share their lives, dreams, and goals with each other |
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| the role of being a mother or father |
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| a dependency on people - on their moods, behavior, sickness, well-being, and their love |
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| the thoughts and feelings that arise when our personal qualities, possessions, or achievements do not measure up to those of someone relevant to us |
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| marrying for the second, third, or subsequent time |
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| a complete, legal breaking up of a marriage |
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| a situation in which couples live together outside of a marriage |
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| same as psychology reactance - when love is intensified, not weakened, by their families opposition |
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| one person's stengths compensate for the others weaknesses |
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| a significantly close personal friend with whom one can safely share one's deepest concerns and joys |
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| commitment and passion, but no intimacy |
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| the tendency to protect or restore one's sense of freedom or social control, often by doing the opposite of what has been demanded |
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| the tendency to like individuals who tend to be like us |
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| living together loneliness (LTL) |
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| the results of a discrepancy between expected and achieved contact |
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| an intense psychological desire for another person |
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| we measure our actions and relationships on a cost-benefit basis. People maximize their rewards and minimized their costs by employing their resources to gain the most favorable outcome. |
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