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| I. Define interpersonal attraction and explain comparison and exchange reasons why people are thought to affiliate with others. |
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| II. Understand three individual characteristics that have an impact on affiliation, including culture and person-culture interactions. |
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| III. List and summarize the findings regarding the impact of proximity, familiarity, and anxiety on attraction. |
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| IV. Describe the research on the relationship between anxiety and affiliation. |
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| V. Evaluate the physical attractiveness stereotype, including cross-cultural comparisons, and explain the findings regarding the evaluation of men's and women's bodies. |
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| VI. Describe the impact of social and personal expectations about physical appearance. |
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| VII. Explain the importance of similarity and how balance theory explains these effects on attraction. |
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| VIII. Explain the significance of complementarity and reciprocity in understanding patterns of interpersonal attraction. |
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| IX. Define social anxiety and how the application of the two-factor theory of emotion can help reduce social anxiety. |
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| X. Define loneliness and what is known about the distinguishing characteristics of lonely individuals. |