CMST 2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Safe Sex, Mania, Spring Break
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We define relationship as any sort of social connection. Apprehension- people experience this when they communicate in relationships. State- underlying feeling, anxiety, apprehension in speaking with another person. Trait- situations, certain situations that make us more apprehensive than others. Talking to your friends you"re fine, but asking someone on a date you are apprehensive. Two types of relationships: relationships of circumstance- relationships you entered into and didn"t have any control of, for example: family, family friends, relationships of choice- we make or decide through our own choices to enter into relationships. What leads us to start this relationship- similarities, attraction/appearance, proximity- how connected/close they are to us, friendly, if they want to be friends with you, lonely. Attraction theory- what motivates us to start a relationship with another person: we can have short-term attraction: don"t last very long, come and go, long-term attraction: attraction that lasts a long period of time. We all have different things that we"re attracted to.
