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| A motivation to bond with others in relationships that provide ongoing, positive interactions. |
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| Geographical nearness. (More pecisely, "functional distance") powerfully predicts liking. |
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| The tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them. |
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| The tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are a "good match" in attractiveness and other traits. |
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| physical-attractiveness stereotype |
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| The presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits as well: What is beautiful is good. |
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| The popularly supposed tendency, in a relationship between two people, for each to complete what is missing in the other. |
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| The use of strategies, such as flattery, by which people seek to gain another's favor. |
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| reward theory of attraction |
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| The theory that we like those whose behavior is rewarding to us or whom we associate with rewarding events. |
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| A state of intense longing for union with another. Passionate lovers are absorbed in each other, feel ecstatic at attaining their partner's love, and are disconsolate on losing it. |
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| two-factor theory of emotion |
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| Arousal x its label = emotion. |
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| The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined. |
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| Attachments rooted in trust and marked by intimacy. |
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| Attachments marked by a sense of one's own unworthiness and anxiety, ambivalence, and possessiveness. |
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| An avoidant relationship style marked by distrust of others. |
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| An avoidant relationship style marked by fear of rejection. |
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| A condition in which the outcomes people receive from a relationship are proportional to what they contribute to it. Note: Outcomes needn't always be equal outcomes. |
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| Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others. |
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| The tendency for one person's intimacy of self-disclosure to match that of a conversational partner. |
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