Social Penetration Theory - correct answer ✔✔a theory suggesting that disclosures in a relationship
become increasingly intimate as the relationship develops
uncertain reduction theory - correct answer ✔✔Reduction in uncertainty improves relationships
Uncertainty
- Raises information-seeking
- Reduces intimacy
- Reduced by similarity
Uncertainty reduction
- Lowers Jealousy
- Improves rational maintenance
attachment theory - correct answer ✔✔the idea that early attachments with parents and other
caregivers can shape relationships for a person's whole life
secure attachment - correct answer ✔✔attachments rooted in trust and marked by intimacy
avoidant attachment - correct answer ✔✔attachments marked by discomfort over, or resistance to,
being close to others
, anxious-ambivalent attachment - correct answer ✔✔an insecure attachment style characterized by a
child's intense distress when reunited with a primary caregiver after separation
Attachment in Adults - correct answer ✔✔Continuity over generations:
Infant attachment matches ...
mother's recollected attachment to her mother.
dialetical tensions - correct answer ✔✔two imposing and incompatible forces; internally and externally
Autonomy vs. Connection - correct answer ✔✔desire to be your own person vs. desire to be close to
others
Expressiveness vs. Privacy - correct answer ✔✔want to share, but also want to keep it private
Change vs. Predictability - correct answer ✔✔want to change things, but want to stay the same
Human Attraction - correct answer ✔✔a force that brings people together
Rational Development - correct answer ✔✔the initial stage in a relationship that moves a couple from
meeting to mating
5 steps leading to commitment - correct answer ✔✔1. Initiating
2. Experimenting
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