Social Psych Chapter 11

attraction

anything that draws two or more people together

social acceptance

other people have come to like you approve of you and in general regard you in ways that will lead them to includeyou

rejection (social exclusion)

means that others exclude you so that you are not able to form or keep a social bond with them

the need to belong

desire to form and maintain close, lasting relationship with other individuals

two parts of the need to belong

first people want some kind of regular social contract, second people want the stable framework of some ongoing relationship which the people share a mutual concern for having each other

propinquity (nearness)

being near someone on a regular basis

social allergy effect

the idea that a partner’s annoying habits become more annoying over time

what is beautiful is good effect

the assumption that physically attractive people will be superior to others on many other traits

ostracism

being excluded, rejected, and ignored by others

rejection sensitivity

a tendency to expect rejection from others and to become hypersensitive to possible

bad apple effect

the idea that one person who breaks the rules can inspire other people to break the rules

unrequited love

a situation in which one person loves another but the other does not return that love

stalking

persistent in romantic courtship or other behaviors that frighten and harass the rejecter in a relationships