Chapter 11 Review

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key terms

liking

loving

passionate love

companionate love

romantic relationship

commitment

image relational dialectics

mere exposure effect

beautiful-is-good effect

matching

birds-of-a-feather effect

reciprocal liking

social exchange theory

equity

initiating

image experimenting

intensifying

image integrating

image bonding

image differentiating

circumscribing

image stagnating

avoiding

terminating

image relational maintenance

romantic betrayal

jealousy

wedging

relational intrusion

key concepts

Defining Romantic Relationships

Romantic Attraction

Relationship Development and Deterioration

Maintaining Romantic Relationships

The Dark Side of Romantic Relationships