CMST 2010 : FINAL REVIEW GUIDE
Document Summary
Intimacy-the feeling or state of knowing someone deeply in physical, psychological, emotional, and behavioral ways because that person is significant to one"s life. Interpersonal attraction is constellation of sentiments which comprise the evaluation orientation of one person toward another. Physical attraction refers to a person"s looks what you see on the outside. Halo effect attributing a range of positive attributes from the presence of just one. Social attraction is our perception of how easy the person would be to get to know and fit within our social network; would we like to "hang out" with this person. Task attraction the persons ability to accomplish goals, work seriously, and get a job done. Relational attraction is the desire to have an intimate relationship with a person and is closely related to social attraction, though physical characteristics of people are important contributions to relational attraction.
