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| a form of interactionism that refers to the tendency to choose or select the situations in which one finds oneself. in other words, people typically do not find themselves in random situations in their natural lives. instead they select or choose the situations in which they will spend their time. |
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| complementary needs theory |
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| theory of attraction that postulates that people are attracted to people whose personality dispositions differ from their own. in other words, "opposites attract". this is especially true in biological sex choices. other than biological sex choices the complementary needs theory of attraction has not received any empirical support |
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| attraction similarity theory |
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| states that individuals are attracted to those whose personalities are similar to their own. as of 2003, attraction theory has been proven to be the dominant attraction theory except in biological sex choices |
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| the phenomenon whereby people marry people similar to themselves. in addition to personality, people also show assortative mating on a number of physical characteristics such as height or weight |
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| according to the violation of desire theory of conflict between the sexes, breakups should occur more frequently when one's desires are violated than when they are fulfilled. following this theory we would predict that people married to others who lacked desired characteristics, such as dependability and emotional stability, will more frequently dissolve the marriage. |
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| a tendency to feel tense, worried or anxious during social interactions or when anticipating a social interaction. shyness is a common phenomenon and more than 90% of the population reports experiencing shyness at some point in their lives. some people seem to be dispositionally shy - they feel awkward in most social situations and so tend to avoid situations in which they will be forced to interact with people. |
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| a form of person- situation interaction discussed by Buss. It is based on the idea that certain personality traits may evoke consistent responses from the environment, particularly the social environment. |
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| hostile attributional bias |
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| the tendency to infer hostile intent on the part of others in the face of uncertain or unclear behavior from others. essentially, people who are aggressive expect that others will be hostile toward them. |
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| a phenomenon whereby people's beliefs about the personality characteristics of others cause them to evoke in others actions that are consistent with the initial beliefs. the phenomenon of expectancy confirmation has also been called self fulfilling prophecy and behavioral confirmation. |
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| researchers conducting experiments use manipulation in order to evaluate the influence of one variable on another |
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| a technical name given to a classification scheme - the identification and naming of groups within a particular subject field |
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| a manipulative strategy of social interaction referring to the tendency to use other people as tools for personal gain. "high mach" persons tend to tell people what they want to hear, use flattery to get what they want, and rely heavily on lying and deception to achieve their own ends |
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| a style of inflated self admiration and the constant attempt to draw attention to the self and to keep others focused on oneself. although narcissism can be carried to extremes, narcissistic tendencies can be found in normal range levels |
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