The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined is called

Abstract

In the past 25 years, relationship science has grown from a nascent research area to a thriving subdiscipline of psychological science. In no small measure, this development reflects the pioneering contributions of Ellen Berscheid and Elaine Hatfield. Beginning at a time when relationships did not appear on the map of psychological science, these two scholars identified relationships as a crucial subject for scientific psychology and began to chart its theoretical and empirical territory. In this article, we review several of their most influential contributions, describing the innovative foundation they built as well as the manner in which this foundation helped set the stage for contemporary advances in knowledge about relationships. We conclude by discussing the broader relevance of this work for psychological science.

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Perspectives on Psychological Science publishes an eclectic mix of provocative reports and articles, including broad integrative reviews, overviews of research programs, meta-analyses, theoretical statements, book reviews, and articles on topics such as the philosophy of science, opinion pieces about major issues in the field, autobiographical reflections of senior members of the field, and even occasional humorous essays and sketches. Perspectives contains both invited and submitted articles.

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525002141 need to belong A motivation to bond with others in relationships that provide ongoing, positive interactions.
525002142 proximity "Functional distance", powerfully predicts liking.
525382830 ostracism Acts of excluding or ignoring.
525382831 anticipatory liking Expecting that someone will be pleasant and compatible.
525382832 mere exposure effect The tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them.
525382833 implicit egotism We like what we associate with ourselves.
525382834 matching phenomenon The tendency for men and woman to choose as partners those who are a "good match" in attractiveness and other traits.
525382835 physical attractiveness stereotype The presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits as well: What is beautiful is good.
525382836 complementarity The popularly supposed tendency, in a relationship between two people, for each to complete what is missing.
525382837 reward theory of attraction The theory that we like those whose behaviour is rewarding to us or whom we associate with rewarding events.
525382838 ingratiation The use of strategies, such as flattery, by which people seek to gain another's favor.
525382839 eros Primary love style for self-disclosing passion.
525382840 ludus Primary love style for uncommitted game playing.
525382841 storge Primary love style for friendship.
525382842 passionate love Emotional, exciting, intense love. A state of intense longing for union with another. These lovers are absorbed in each other, feel ecstatic at attaining their partner's love, and are disconsolate on loosing it.
525382843 two factor theory of emotion Holds that when the revved up men responded to a woman, they easily misattributed some of their own arousal to her. Arousal x its label = emotion.
525382844 companionate love The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined.
525382845 secure attachment Attachments rooted in trust and marked by intimacy.
525382846 preoccupied attachment Attachments marked by a sense of one's own unworthiness and anxiety, ambivalence, and possessiveness.
525382847 dismissive attachment An avoidant relationship style marked by distrust of others.
525382848 fearful attachment An avoidant relationship style marked by fear of rejection.
525382849 equity A condition in which the outcomes people receive from a relationship are proportional to what they contribute to it. Note: Equitable outcomes needn't always be equal outcomes.
525382850 self disclosure Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others.
525382851 disclosure reciprocity The tendency for one person's intimacy of self-disclosure to match that of a conversational partner.
525382852 growth promoting listeners People who are genuine in revealing their own feelings, who are accepting of others' feelings, and who are empathic, sensitive, reflective listeners.
525400140 ostracism Depressed mood, anxiety, and hurt feelings can all result from.
525400141 physical attractiveness Hatfield et al., (1966) found that the best predictor of whether students wanted a second date with someone they were randomly set-up with for a "Welcome Week" computer dance was their date's _______________
525400142 70% Roughly what percent of infants display a secure attachment?
525400143 ingratiation You are speaking with one of your coworkers—praising them for having done a great job on a recent project. You then ask if they can help with one of your projects that is due tomorrow. This strategy is called
525400144 reward theory of attraction The theory that we like people who reward us or with whom we associate positive events is the:
525400145 reward theory of attraction When romantic dinners, dates out, nice dinners at home, and vacations continue in a relationship, couples last longer and are happier because they associate the relationship with positive things. This is best posited by:
525400146 proximity Repeated exposure to and interaction with others is called.
525400147 passionate love Couples who are absorbed in one another—gaze into each other's eyes longingly and would be devastated to lose their relationship—are most likely experiencing
525400148 two factor theory Theory that holds: physical arousal accentuates romantic responses
525400149 companionate love The type of love we feel for people that is a labeled as a deep affectionate attachment is
525400150 symmetrical Faces judged to be very attractive are typically very ________________
525400151 perceived inequity Tim feels he is investing more time and emotions into the relationship he has with Jane than she is investing. This would describe
525400152 disillusionment The cooling of intense romantic love can trigger a period of:
525400153 complementarity What term is used to describe the supposed effect of two people who are "opposites" of each other, being attracted to each other and "completing" each other?
525400154 vinegar strokes The facial expression a man makes just before and the beginning of an organism. They say when u look at a man's eyes during this event u can see into his soul.
528287905 clinical psychology The study, assessment, and treatment of people with psychological difficulties.
528287906 depressive realism The tendency of mildly depressed people to make accurate rather than self-serving judgements, attributions, and predictions.
528287907 explanatory style One's habitual way of explaining life events. A negative, pessimistic, depressive explanatory style attributes failure to stable, global, and internal causes.
528287908 behavioral medicine An interdisciplinary field that integrates and applies behavioral and medical knowledge about health and disease.
528287909 health psychology The study of the psychological roots of health and illness. Provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine.
528287910 negative explanatory style Interpreting events as being stable, global, and internally caused.
528287911 reactance A motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom. Reactance arises when someone threatens our freedom of action.
528287912 reactance One reason a judge's instructions to ignore admissible testimony may boomerang and add to the testimony's impact is:
528287913 group think The mode of thinking that persons engage in when concurrence seeking becomes so dominant in a cohesive in-group that it tends to override realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action.
528287914 group polarization Deliberation by juries seems to lead to:
528287915 lenient Low-authoritarian jurors, after deliberation become more:

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Is affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined?

Companionate Love: affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined.

What is anticipatory liking?

Anticipatory liking—expecting that someone will be pleasant and compatible—increases the chance of forming a rewarding relationship.

Which of the following is true of physically attractive people when compared with other people?

According to Langlois et al., which of the following is true of physically attractive people when compared with other people? They tend to be more popular.

Which of the following is an example of implicit egotism?

Implicit egotism refers to the idea that we naturally gravitate toward people, places, and things that resemble ourself. For example, we strongly prefer the letters in our name and the numbers in our birthdate.