Attachment Styles in Psychology

Anxious/ambivalent, dismissive, fearful, and secure

A multidimensional process that involves forming and acting from social perspectives that arise and evolve in communication with others and ourselves.

The revelation of personal information about ourselves that others are unlikely to discover in other ways.

<p>Acting in ways that bring about others' or our own expectations or judgments of ourselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Self-talk that communicates that we are no good, that we can't do something, that we can't change, and so forth; undermines belief in ourselves and motivation to change and grow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Comparing ourselves with others to form judgments of our talents, abilities, qualities, and so forth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The theory that people find uncertainty uncomfortable and so are motivated to use communication to reduce uncertainty.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of three relationship dialectics; the tension between the need for personal autonomy, or independence, and connection, or intimacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The decision to remain in a relationship. One of three dimensions of enduring romantic relationships, commitment has more influence on relationship continuity than does love alone. An advanced stage in the process of escalation in romantic relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Intrapsychic processes, dyadic processes, social support processes, grave dressing processes, and resurrection processes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The theory that people are happier and more satisfied with equitable relationships than inequitable ones. In equitable relationships, partners perceive the benefits and costs of the relationship as about equal for each of them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The prediction that people will seek relationships with others who closely match their values, attitudes, social background, and physical attractiveness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of three relationship dialectics; the tension between the desire for spontaneous, new experiences, and the desire for routines and familiar experiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of three relationship dialectics; the tension between the desire to share private thoughts, feelings, and experiences with intimates and the desire to preserve personal privacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of six styles of loving; based on practical considerations and criteria for attachment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The obligation to remember, plan, and coordinate domestic work and child care. In general, women assume psychological responsibility for child care and housework even when both partners share in the actual doing of tasks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A private world of rules, understandings, and patterns of acting and interpreting that partners create to give meaning to their relationship; the nucleus of intimacy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tensions between opposing forces or tendencies that are normal parts of all relationships: autonomy/connection, novelty/ predictability, and openness/closedness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Replaceable relationships that tend to follow broad social scripts and rules and in which participants tend to assume conventional social roles in relation to one another. Contrast with personal relationship.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Particular experiences and events that cause relationships to become more or less intimate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group technique for generating potential solutions to a problem; the free flow of ideas without immediate criticism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of three constructive forms of participation in group decision making; the creating and sustaining of an open, engaged atmosphere for discussion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Closeness, or feeling of esprit de corps, among members of a group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In groups, disagreement that is characterized by respect for diverse opinions, emphasis on shared interests and goals, and a win-win orientation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An unconstructive form of group contribution that is used to block others or to call attention to oneself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The absence of critical and independent thought on the part of group members about ideas generated by the group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A set of behaviors that helps a group maintain a good climate and accomplish tasks in an organized way.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability to help or harm others. Power over others usually is communicated in ways that highlight the status and influence of the person exerting the power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of three constructive ways of participating in group decision making; orders ideas and coordinates contributions of members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group in which people from different departments or areas in an organization collaborate to solve problems, meet needs, or increase the quality of work life. Also called continuous quality improvement team.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The attempt to increase personal status in a group by winning the approval of high-status members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One of three constructive forms of participation in group decision making; focuses on giving and analyzing information and ideas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The links among members of an organization. May be formal (e.g., as specified in an organizational chart) or informal (friendship circles).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Understandings about identity and codes of thought and action that are shared by the members of an organization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organized relationship and interaction between members of an organization. Structures include roles, rules, policies, and communication networks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recurring hostile behaviors used by people with greater power against people with lesser power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A method of reducing communication apprehension that involves teaching people to revise how they think about speaking situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anxiety associated with real or anticipated communication encounters. It is common and can be constructive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability of a person to engender belief in what he or she says or does. Listeners confer or refuse to confer credibility on speakers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The expertise and trustworthiness attributed to a speaker by listeners as a result of how the speaker communicates during a presentation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Material used to interest, move, inform, or persuade people: statistics, examples, comparisons, and quotations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A presentational style that includes preparation and practice but not memorization of actual words and nonverbal behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The attribution of expertise to someone in areas unrelated to the person's actual expertise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A delivery style that involves little preparation; speakers think on their feet as they talk about ideas and positions with which they are familiar.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The expertise and trustworthiness listeners attribute to a speaker before a presentation begins. Initial credibility is based on the speaker's titles, positions, experiences, or achievements that are known to listeners before they hear the speech.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A presentational style that involves speaking from a complete manuscript of a speech.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A presentational style in which the speech is delivered word for word from memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Phrases or sentences in a speech that acknowledge a source of evidence and sometimes explain the source's qualifications.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Visual, vocal, and verbal aspects of the delivery of a public speech or other communication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A technique for reducing speaking anxiety, in which one visualizes oneself communicating effectively in progressively challenging speaking situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A method of reducing communication apprehension that assumes that anxiety results from lack of speaking skills and thus can be reduced by learning skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What a speaker aims to accomplish by presenting a speech; often called behavioral objectives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A speech intended to amuse, interest, and engage listeners.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A speech to inform aims to provide new information, insights, or perspectives on a particular topic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A speech to persuade aims to convince, motivate, or influence the audience to adopt a particular viewpoint, belief, or action.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Statistics provide numerical data that can summarize large amounts of information or demonstrate trends and relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers