HDF 100 Lecture Notes - Muscle Tone, Pew Research Center
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Early adulthood: social and emotional development chapter fourteen. Erikson (1963) saw establishment of intimate relationships key crisis of early adulthood. Additionally, they have the most reproductive success. Reciprocity: if you like me, you must have excellent judgment reciprocity: when we feel admired and complimented, we tend to return these feelings and behaviors. The attraction-similarity hypothesis: attraction-similarity hypothesis: people develop romantic relationships with others who are similar to themselves in attractiveness and other traits, opposites do not attract. Romantic love occurs within a cultural context. Concept of love in western culture transmitted via fairy tales. Passion: passion tends to occur at the beginning of relationships and peaks relatively quickly. Passion is the drive that leads to physical attraction and sexual consummation. Intimacy: intimacy tends to peak slower than passion. Intimacy includes feelings of closeness and connectedness in loving relationships. Commitment: the decision that one loves someone else and the commitment to maintain that love.
