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Attraction Theory

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A theory that explains the primary forces that draw people together.

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Proximity

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How physically close one is to others.

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Attractiveness

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The appeal one person has for another, based on physical appearance, personalities, and/or behavior.

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Matching Hypothesis

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The tendency to develop relationships with people who are approximately as attractive as we are.

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Similarity

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Degree to which people share the same values, interests, and background.

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Social Penetration Theory

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A theory that proposed relationships develop through increases in self-disclosure.

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Uncertainty Reduction Theory

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A theory that argues relationship development is facilitated or derailed by participants’ efforts to reduce their uncertainty about each other.

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Predicted Outcome Theory

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A theory that attempts to explain how reducing uncertainty can lead to attraction or repulsion.

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Knapp’s Stage Model

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Model of relationship development that views relationships as occurring in “stages”” and that focuses on how people communicate as relationships develop and decline.

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Initiating

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Stage of romantic relational development in which both people behave so as to appear pleasant and likable.

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Experimenting

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Stage of romantic relational development in which both people seek to learn about each other.

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Intensifying

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Stage of romantic relational development in which both people seek to increase intimacy and connectedness.

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Integrating

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Stage of romantic relational development in which both people pretrade themselves as a couple.

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Bonding

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Stage of romantic relational development characterized by public commitment.

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Differentiating

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Stage of romantic relational dissolution in which couples increase their interpersonal distance.

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Circumscribing

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Stage of romantic relational dissolution in which couples discuss safe topics.

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Stagnating

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Stage of romantic relational dissolution in which couples try to prevent change.

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Avoiding

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Stage of romantic relational dissolution in which couples try not to interact with each other.

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Terminating

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Stage of romantic relational dissolution in which couples end the relationship.

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Relational Trajectory Models

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Relationship development models that view relationship development as more variable than do stage models.

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Turning Point Model

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A model of relationship development in which couples move both toward and away from commitment over the course of the relationship.

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Relational Maintenance

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Behaviors that couples perform to help maintain their relationships.

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Passing Away

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The process by which relationships decline over time.

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Sudden Death

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The process by which relationships end without prior warning for at least one participant.

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Withdrawal/Avoidance

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A friendship termination strategy in which friends spend less time together, don’t return phone calls, and avoid places where they are likely to see each other.

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Machiavellian Tactics

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Having a third-party convey one’s unhappiness about a relationship.

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Deception

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Concealment, distortion, or lying in communication.

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Truth Bias

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The tendency to not suspect one’s intimates of deception.

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Jealousy

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A complex and often painful emotion that occurs when a person perceives a threat to an existing relationship.

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Interpersonal Violence

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Physical violence against a partner or child.

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Sexual Coercion

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Physically nonviolent pressure to engage in unwanted sex.

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Homogeneity

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A high degree of similarity.

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Hurtful Messages

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Messages that criticize, tease, reject, or otherwise cause emotional injury to another.