9. Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Relationship is the way in which two or
more people, groups, countries, etc., talk
to, behave toward, and deal with each
other
The way in which two or more people or
things are connected
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11. The type of relationship which is closely associated
with a person and which can only have meaning to
this person
Two characteristics that define personal relationship:
Privacy and intimacy
Involves a degree of commitment to another
person/s
Impersonal/ informal relationship – commitment not
to a person/group, but to an entity such as business
organization, principle, or a cause.
14. 3 Stages of falling in love according to fisher
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24. Identify 3 people that you find attractive.
Describe the probable reason of your
attraction based on the theories in Rozenberg
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Editor's Notes
Survival – primary reason why human beings have the fundamental need to belong
Survival today – not only in a physical sense – beyond that: support system to draw strength
Research: relationship is vital for one’s happiness (Bersheid)
Absence of relationship – produce profound negative feelings: worthlessness, powerless
Different typesof relationships – business, family, friendly, romantic, etc
Very first meaningful relationship – to a mother
Intimacy during 9 months
Careless mother may affect the child in the womb
Extreme emotions such as anger or anxiety affects child in the womb
Unconscious assessment of another person’s genes
Symmetry
Waist hip ratio .70
Indication of health and reproduction
Pheromones – chemical found in urine
People are attracted to person with different immune system
Women are attracted to men similar immune system with their father
