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| What is the difference between friends and lovers? |
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Definition
Friendship:
-Enjoyment
-Acceptance
-Trust
-Respect
-Mutual assistance
-Confiding
-Understanding
- Spontaneity
Love:
-magical
-changing
-fragile
-complex
-paradoxical |
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Term
| What is a passion cluster? |
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Definition
| One of two groups of characteristics that distinguish romantic relationships from friendships; includes fascination, sexual desire, and exclusiveness. |
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Term
| What is a caring cluster? |
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Definition
| One of two groups of characteristics that distinguish romantic relationships from friendships; includes being ab advocate for one's partners and giving the utmost. |
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Term
| What are POSITIVE aspects of Davis and Todd's research? Similarities and differences between friends and lovers. |
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Definition
SIMILARITIES:
-Both show virtually identical levels of acceptance, trust, and respect and similar leves of confiding, understanding, spontaneity, mutually assistance, and satisfaction and happiness with the relationship.
DIFFERENCES:
Spouses and lovers are hypothesized to be more willing than best friends to give the utmost when needed and would be more active champions and advocates of the loved one.
- Best friends were perceived as being more stable than spouse or lover. |
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Term
| What are NEGATIVE aspects of Davis and Todd's research? Similarities and differences between friends and lovers. |
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Definition
| Davis and Todd found that, because the stakes are so high, love relationships can easily become breeding grounds for ambivalent feelings and conflict. |
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Term
| Describe the love triangle (pay attention to complete love). |
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Definition
| Also known as consummate love; containing all three dimensions. |
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Term
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Definition
Destructive Intimacy Games - Games that reduce intimacy because people are often unaware of the game, do not voluntarily participate, and are often manipulated to behave in certain ways.
Constructive Intimacy Games - Games, or exercise, designed to increase intimacy in a relationship; people participate voluntarily, and they know the rules and goals of the game. |
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Term
| What are the research findings on gender SIMILARITIES on jealousy? |
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Definition
| Both men and women get jealous. |
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Term
| What are the research findings on gender DIFFERENCES on jealousy? |
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Definition
Men are often upset when the partner has a sexual relationship with another person.
Women are more often upset when the partner becomes emotionally involved with another person. |
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Term
| Describe looking for love on the internet. |
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Definition
| Only 3% of people who are married or are in committed relationships found their partner using the Internet. |
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Term
| What are the paths to intimacy for females? |
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Definition
| Women consistently increase their intimacy with higher levels of self-disclosure about themselves. |
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Term
| What are the paths to intimacy for males? |
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Definition
| For many men, intimacy with other males id formed through attending sports evens or doing activities together. |
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