Exam 4 Flashcards
Love research in regards to time and geography
The longer you have known someone and the closer you are to them increases the likelihood that you would be attracted to them
Research on degree of attractiveness and dating history
People who are too attractive or not attractive enough do not date as often
How does the interpersonal market place work for pairing up?
Men and women choose partners for whom we think we have a lot to offer and how much we can buy with that
Know reinforcement theory
How does it effect who we are attracted to?
People tend to like other people who give us reinforcement or rewards and to dislike people who punish us.
Know how intimacy affects relationships
Intimacy can strengthen relationships
How intimacy and self-disclosure are related
Involves telling your partners some personal information about yourself.
Leads to reciprocity
Know how the triangular theory of love components are expressed when converted to action
Intimacy, Passion, Decision/ commitment
intimacy in action: communicating personal feelings and and information
Passion: actions like kissing and touching
Decision: Actions sch as “I love you”
Know the different types of lovers according to attachment theory
Secret lovers
Fearful , avoidance lovers
Preoccupation or anxious-ambivalent lovers
Know how love stories may play a role in who we fall in love with
Shape our beliefs about love and our relationships.
In turn, our beliefs influence our behavior
Know the destructive patterns of interactions an be able to pick out examples
Threats to self-esteem
Threats to the relationship
Know how one adopts the beliefs and customs of new cultures
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Stereotype
generalization about a group of people
gender role
Set of norms or culturally defined expectations, that define how people of one gender ought to behave
Socialization
The ways in which society conveys to the individuals its norms or expectations for his or her behavior
Schema
Set of ideas we associate with men and women
gender identity
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Gender Dysphoria
Unhappiness with one’s gender; another term for transsexualism
Sexual orientation
A person;s erotic and emotional orientation towards members of his or her own gender or members of another gender
Coming out
The acknowledging to oneself, and then to others that one is gay or lesbian
homophobia
A strong, irrational feet of homosexuals; negative attitudes and reactions to homosexuals