PSYC 308 Midterm: 308 highlight term
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Propinquity effect :the finding that the more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to become our friends. Mere exposure effect :the finding that the more expo- sure we have to a stimulus, the more apt we are to like it. Similarity :attraction to people who are like us. Complementarity :attraction to people who are opposite to us. Reciprocal liking when you like someone and that person also likes you. Misattribution of arousal :the process whereby people make mistaken inferences about what is causing them to feel the way they do. Companionate love :the feelings of intimacy and affec- tion we feel toward someone with whom our lives are deeply intertwined. Passionate love :the feelings of intense longing, accompanied by physiological arousal, we feel for another per- son; when our love is reciprocated, we feel great fulfillment and ecstasy; but, when it is not, we feel sadness and despair.
