Friendship and Love

These flashcards encompass key vocabulary and concepts related to friendship and love from the lecture.

Close relationships

Those that are important, interdependent, and long lasting.

Proximity

The physical closeness to others that increases likelihood of involvement.

Familiarity

The mere exposure effect states that positive feelings towards a person grow with increased interactions.

Physical attractiveness

An important factor in initial attraction, though not always the most significant.

Matching hypothesis

The idea that individuals of similar levels of attractiveness are likely to pair together.

Interdependence theory

States that relationship satisfaction is influenced by evaluating rewards, costs, and investments.

Reciprocal liking

The tendency to like those who show that they like you.

Relationship maintenance

Actions and activities used to sustain the desired quality of a relationship.

Emotional loneliness

Loneliness experienced from the absence of an intimate attachment figure.

Social loneliness

Loneliness stemming from the lack of a friendship network.

Shyness

Discomfort and inhibition in interpersonal relations that can contribute to loneliness.

Self-defeating attributional style

A negative outlook on social situations that leads lonely individuals to confirm their negative expectations.

Romantic love

Involves intimacy, passion, and commitment, as per Sternberg’s triangular theory of love.

Who authored the triangular theory of love, which describes romantic love as a combination of intimacy, passion, and commitment?

Robert Sternberg.

Which researchers are known for applying attachment theory to adult romantic relationships?

Cindy Hazan and Philip Shaver.

Who developed the Investment Model, which suggests commitment in relationships is influenced by satisfaction levels, investments, and quality of alternatives?

Caryl Rusbult.

Who distinguished between passionate and companionate love, often in collaboration with Ellen Berscheid?

Elaine Hatfield (formerly Walster).