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(Exam 2) Attraction Through the Life Course, Relationships & Well-Being (+ relationships)

front 1 Attachment behavioral system	back 1 A motivational system selected throughout evolution to maintain proximity between a young child and his or her primary attachment figure.
front 2 Attachment behaviors	back 2 Behaviors and signals that attract the attention of a primary attachment figure function to prevent separation from that individual or to reestablish proximity to that individual (e.g., crying, clinging).
front 3 Attachment figure	back 3 Someone who functions as the primary safe haven and secure base for an individual. In childhood, an individual’s attachment figure is often a parent. In adulthood, an individual’s attachment figure is often a romantic partner.
front 4 Attachment patterns	back 4 (also called “attachment styles” or “attachment orientations”) Individual differences in how securely (vs. insecurely) people think, feel, and behave in attachment relationships.

front 5 Strange situation	back 5 A laboratory task that involves briefly separating and reuniting infants and their primary caregivers a way of studying individual differences in attachment behavior.
front 6 Confidante	back 6 A trusted person with whom secrets and vulnerabilities can be shared.
front 7 Correlation	back 7 A measure of the association between two variables, or how they go together.
front 8 Health	back 8 The complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being—not just the absence of disease or infirmity.

front 9 Health behaviors	back 9 Behaviors that are associated with better health. Examples exercising, not smoking, and wearing a seat belt while in a vehicle.
front 10 Machiavellianism	back 10 Being cunning, strategic, or exploitative in one’s relationships. Named after Machiavelli, who outlined this way of relating in his book, The Prince.
front 11 Narcissism	back 11 A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), a need for admiration, and lack of empathy.
front 12 Objective social variables	back 12 Targets of research interest that are factual and not subject to personal opinions or feelings

front 13 Operationalization	back 13 The process of defining a concept so that it can be measured. often happens by identifying related concepts or behaviors that can be more easily measured.
front 14 Ostracism	back 14 Being excluded and ignored by others.
front 15 Psychopathy	back 15 A pattern of antisocial behavior characterized by an inability to empathize, egocentricity, and a desire to use relationships as tools for personal gain.
front 16 Shunning	back 16 The act of avoiding or ignoring a person, and withholding all social interaction for a period of time. occurs as a punishment and is temporary.

front 17 Social integration	back 17 Active engagement and participation in a broad range of social relationships.
front 18 Social support	back 18 A social network’s provision of psychological and material resources that benefit an individual.
front 19 Subjective social variables	back 19 Targets of research interest that are not necessarily factual but are related to personal opinions or feelings
front 20 Subjective well-being	back 20 The scientific term used to describe how people experience the quality of their lives in terms of life satisfaction and emotional judgments of positive and negative affect.