Week 9 Flashcards
(70 cards)
Is attraction necessary for friendships?
Attraction is necessary for friendships to form and is a precursor to an intimate relationship.
How many stages are there in a break up?
4
What are the four stages of the relationship dissolution model?
1) Intrapsychic
2) Dyadic (Two-person)
3) Social
4) Grave dressing
What may evolutionary psychology help us understand about relationship?
Evolutionary psychology may also help us to understand some aspects of why we are attracted to some people and how we may go about choosing a long term partner.
What does an extreme form of evolutionary social psychology?
An extreme form of evolutionary social psychology, is used to argue that close relationships can only be understood in terms of evolutionary theory.
What can a women’s fertility status argue?
A women’s fertility status can affect how she relates to some men.
How does a women near ovulation pick up a man?
A woman who is near ovulation is more likely to pick a man who is competitive with other men, particularly when picking a short term mate.
How does seeing red affect relationships?
The colour of the red catches the eyes of men.
Why do people respond to an hourglass figure?
Men have a strong interest in women;s body and respond to a females Waist to hip ratio.
What kind of figure do men prefer?
Men prefer the classic hour glass figure.
What is the averagness effect?
It demonstrates that humans have evolved to prefer average faces to those with unusual or distinctive features.
What factors affect liking?
Proximity, familiarity and similarity.
What is physical attractiveness?
Physical attractiveness is that attractive people are different from those who are unattractive in how they are judged, how they are treated and how they behave.
What is proximity?
Promixity is the factor of living close by is known to play an important role in the early stages of forming a friendship.
How does accessibility affect proximity (which affects liking)?
People who live close by are accessible so that interacting with them requires little effort and the rewards of doing so have little cost.
How has proximity changed with technology?
Proximity has changed with technology but there still is a difficulty with long distance relationships.
What is attitude similarity?
The similarity of attitudes is a powerful and positive determinant of attraction.
What is familiarity?
Familarity is that as we become more familiar with a stimulus (even another person) we feel more comfortable with it and we like it more.
What is one aspect of familiarity?
The mere exposure effect.
What is the mere exposure effect?
The mere exposure effect is that repeated exposure to an object results in greater attraction to that objection.
What is social matching?
People are paired up in the basis of having compatible attitudes but also sharing demographic characteristics.
What is assortive mating?
Assorting mating is a non-random coupling of individuals based on their resemblance to each other on one or more characteristics.
What is self disclosure?
The sharing of intimate information and feelings with another person.
What are two types of societies?
Collectivist societies versus individualistic societies. The