Friendship and Love/Marriage and Intimate Relationships

These flashcards cover key concepts about friendships, romantic relationships, and intimate partner violence, as discussed in Psychology 2035A.

Close Relationships

Relationships that are important, interdependent, and long lasting.

Paradox of Close Relationships

The phenomenon where close relationships can elicit both intense positive and negative feelings.

Proximity

The physical closeness that increases likelihood of attraction between individuals.

Familiarity

The mere exposure effect, whereby repeated exposure to a person increases positive feelings towards them.

Matching Hypothesis

The theory proposing that individuals of similar physical attractiveness tend to form romantic relationships.

Resource Exchange Theory

An evolution-based theory suggesting that males may trade occupational status for physical attractiveness in females.

Comparison Level

A personal standard used to gauge the adequacy of relationship outcomes based on past experiences.

Romantic Love

A complex mix of intimacy, passion, and commitment as described in Sternberg’s triangular theory of love.

Secured Attachment

A stable type of adult attachment associated with healthy, committed relationships.

Intimate Partner Violence

A prevalent form of gender-based violence that refers to harm caused by a current or former intimate partner.

Love Languages

Different ways people express and experience love, including words of affirmation, quality time, and physical touch.

According to Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, what are the three main components of romantic love?

Intimacy, passion, and commitment.

Which evolution-based theory suggests that males might exchange occupational status for physical attractiveness in females?

The exchange theory of attraction.