PY 101 Chapter 55: Module 55

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 101
• Professor: Tammi Carroll

Document Summary

Interpersonal attraction (or close relationship)- positive feelings for others; liking and loving. Reciprocity-of-liking effect- a tendency to like those who like us o. Knowing that someone evaluates us positively promotes our attraction to that person o. We assume that when we like someone else, that person likes us in return. Researchers tried to identify distinguishing characteristics between liking and full-blown love o. Love is not simply a greater quantity of liking, but a qualitatively different psychological state. Love includes elements of passion, closeness, fascination, exclusiveness, sexual desire, and intense caring o. Idealize partners by exaggerating their good qualities and minimizing their imperfections. Passionate (or romantic) love- a state of intense absorption in someone that includes intense physiological arousal, psychological interest, and caring for the needs of another. Companionate love- the strong affection we have for those with whom our lives are deeply involved. Aggression- the intentional injury of, or harm to, another person o.