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Flashcards in Key Words Ch. 8 Deck (16)
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Audience challenge

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Concern that cross- sex friends have about how their relationship is viewed by others

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Autonomy versus connectedness

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Conflict encountered by friends at work when the regular exposure to one another required by the work relationship begins to interfere with individual feelings of autonomy.

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Co-rumination

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Discussing problems repeatedly in the context of a relationship.

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Dispositional level of analysis

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Emphasizes the characteristics of the person as a determinant of friendship.

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Emotional bond challenge

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Challenge faced by cross-sex friendship whereby the friends must decide if the closeness they feel toward one another is friendship or romantic love.

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Equality challenge

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Challenge faced by cross-sex friendships because the equality central to friendship conflicts with the status hierarchy typically associated with male/ female relationships.

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Homophily

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The tendency to form friendships with persons of the same race or ethnicity.

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Homophobia

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Fear of homosexuality or fear of appearing homosexual.

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Impartiality versus favoritism

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Situation encountered by friends at work when the desire to give a friend special treatment conflicts with the necessity to treat all workers the same.

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Judgment versus acceptance

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Difficulty experienced by friends at work when the mutual acceptance expected of friendship conflicts with the requirement that one friend critically evaluate the other.

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Openness versus closedness

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Situation encountered by friends at work when the expectation of the honest communication central to friendship conflicts with the necessity to keep professional confidences.

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Opportunity challenge

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Difficulty experienced when attempting to establish a cross-sex friendship that results from the fact that members of the same sex are generally more accessible.

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Outgroup homogeneity effect

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see group members as alike

The tendency to see members of the outgroup as all alike, more similar than different, as compared to the ingroup to which one attributes greater diversity.

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Role conflict

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Situation that occurs when the demands of one role are inconsistent with the demands of another role.

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Sexual challenge

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Are they sexually attracted

Challenge faced by cross- sex friendship whereby the friends must ask themselves if there is a sexual attraction between them that could lead to a romantic relationship.

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Structural level of analysis

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Positions held determine friendship

Emphasizes the different positions or roles men and women hold in society as a determinant of friendship.