Personal and Social Relationships

• Proximity is considered to be the best predictor of liking and loving. When people are geographically near each other, they anticipate interaction and this leads to the likelihood of repeated exposure.
• Mere Exposure: the repeated exposure of an object or person will more likely lead to positive feelings.
• Similarity: the more similar in terms of beliefs, attitudes a person is with another person, the more he/she thinks that he/she will be evaluated positively.
• Reciprocity-of-liking-effect: knowing that someone is like oneself will lead to the tendency of also liking that person.
• Physical Attractiveness: humans love staring at beautiful people and objects.
• 1. Attractiveness depends on a given time and place.
• Physiological Synchrony: the synchrony during social interactions relates to social processes that leads to friendship.
• Contrast Effect: the attractiveness of an individual is affected by a comparison standard, and it can be positive or negative depending on the standard that has been chosen.
• Proximity: relationship is built and maintained in close distance.
• Physiological Synchrony: engage with people you are comfortable with.
• Contrast Effect: I may have found this person attractive but for other people no. This is based on standards, thus subjective.
• According to Daryl Bem, the Self-Perception Theory states that one interprets his/her own actions in the same way that one interprets other’s actions, and that one’s actions are more influenced by others rather than by one’s own free will.
• Attraction: can be anything that a person finds captivating from the opposite sex or the same sex. Being attracted to thesame sex is normal too, since it is still in the area of admiration.
• Romantic love: a state where one will feel euphoria, an extra source of energy, hyperactivity for some, and for others sleeplessness and mood swings.
• Commitment: when one promises a loved one that he/she will not look at another person the same way he/she does for him/her; it means keeping that promise despite temptations along the way.
• Passionate Love: intense longing for union with another (Myers, 2010).
• Companionate Love: the love we feel for those whom our lives are intertwined.
• Non-love: the absence of the three components, simply a casual interactions like that of acquaintances.
• Infatuated Love: characterized by passion but there is no intimacy and commitment [ex. crush].
• Liking/Friendship: exhibits intimacy but without intense feelings of passion or commitment but it can be a start for other forms of love to manifest.
• Romantic/Passionate Love: characterized by an intense longing for union with another, and is a type of love where one’s love or affection is reciprocated by the other.
• Companionate Love: characterized by intimacy and commitment without passion or desire; more of an affectionate attachment rather than romantic love and is often associated with the love one feels for friends and family members.
• Fatuous Love: associated with whirlwind romances and love at first sight; characterized by passion and commitment without intimacy.
• Empty Love: defined by commitment but without passion or intimacy.
• Consummate Love: considered as the perfect or ideal love where all components of love exist.
• Healthy relationship: the relationship based on equality and respect.
• Unhealthy Relationship: is a relationship that is based on the attempts to control the other person.
• Abusive Relationship: the relationship that is based on an imbalance of power and control, and with the following characteristics: accusations, blame shifting, isolation pressure and manipulation.
• Servant Leadership - transform both the servant leaders who practice it and the people and organizations who have made a conscious decision to live by the principles of servant leadership.
• Greenleaf said that the servant leader is one who is a servant first.
• “It begins with the natural feeling of wanting to serve; to serve first” (Stone, Russel & Patterson, 2003).
• Robert Kelley highlighted the significance of followership in the success of organizations and identified the following major qualities as followers: a) able to manage themselves effectively, b) committed to the organization and its goals, c) competent and exert maximum effort, d) courageous, honest and credible.
• Sheep: followers of this type may be difficult to work with because without the leader guiding them, they are unable to initiate their own course of action.
• Yes-people: though they deliver results, it may lead to the leaders being blinded by their own desires.
• Alienated Followers: it is important for these type of followers to be engaged in activities that they are passionate about.
• Pragmatic Followers: are realistic and practical; thus, it is critical for these types of followers to be shown how an activity or action is beneficial to the overall goal.
• Star followers: the perfect balance of a follower who understands that followership is not simply following what is said, and a follower recognizes the need and works harmoniously with the team to reach their goals.
• Social is interpersonal.
• Personal is intrapersonal.
• Self-Perception Theory talks about considering other people's thoughts and opinions before deciding.