Ch 17 Flashcards
(43 cards)
Need to affiliate
The desire to associate with other people
Reciprocity
A reciprocal exchange of feelings, thoughts, on things between people.
Self-disclosure
The process of revealing private thoughts, feelings and ones personal history to others
Social exchange theory
A theory that rewards must exceed costs for a relationship to endure
Comparison level
A personal standard used to evaluate rewards and cost in a social exchange
Liking
A relationship based on intimacy, but lacking passion and commitment
Companionate love
A form of love characterized by intimacy and commitment but not passion
Consummate love
A form of love characterized by intimacy, passion, and commitment
Mutual absorption
The nearly exclusive attention lovers give one another
Ambivalent attachment
An emotional bond marked by conflicting feelings of affection, anger, and emotional turmoil.
Empathic arousal
Emotion that occurs when you feel sone of another person’s pain, fear, or anguish.
Empathy-helping relationship
The observation that we are most likely to help someone else when we feel emotions such as empathy and compassion
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
The proposition that frustration tends to lead to aggression
Disinhibition
The removal of inhibition; results in acting out that which is normally restrained
Prosocial behavior
Any behavior that has a positive impact on other people
Ageism
Discriminate age
Heterosexism
The belief that heterosexuality is better or more natural than homosexuality
Heterosexual
Normal people
Symbolic prejudice
Prejudice that is expressed in a disguised fashion
Implicit prejudice
Unconscious prejudiced thoughts and feelings about members of other groups
Scapegoating
Blaming someone for the actions of others
Displaced aggression
Redirecting aggression to a target other than the actual source of ones frustration.
Ethnocentrism
Placing ones own group or race at the center
Superordinte goal
A goal that takes precedence over all others
