Chapter 11 Terms Flashcards
Attraction
Anything that draws two or more people together, making them want to be together and possibly to form a lasting relationship.
Social Acceptance
A situation in which other people have come to like you, respect you, approve of you, and include you in their groups and relationships.
Rejection
Being prevented by others from forming or keeping a social bond with them; the opposite of social acceptance.
Need to Belong
The desire to form and maintain close, lasting relationships with other individuals.
Self-Monitoring
The ability to change one’s behavior for different situations.
Matching Hypothesis
The proposition that people tend to pair up with others who are equally attractive.
Reinforcement Theory
The proposition that people and animals will perform behaviors that have been rewarded more than they will perform other behaviors.
Propinquity
Being near someone on a regular basis.
Social Allergy Effect
The idea that a partner’s annoying habits become more annoying over time.
What is Beautiful is Good Effect
The assumption that physically attractive people will be superior to others on many other traits.
Ostracism
Being excluded, rejected, and ignored by others.
Rejection Sensitivity
A tendency to expect rejection from others and to become hypersensitive to possible rejection.
Lonliness
The painful feeling of wanting more human contact or connection than you have.
Bad Apple Effect
The idea that one person who breaks the rules can inspire other people to break the rules as well.
Unrequited Love
A situation in which one person loves another but the other does not return that love.
