Term used to describe relationships with people who you can't avoid, but who rub you the wrong way and annoy the heck out of you. Coined using the root word 'friction' as in the friction you experience attempting to interact with them.
My inlaws... they're such an africtive bunch! They never get along with each other, they're always fighting over who's got the best outfit for the day, and they live in their own little world full of arguments and fights...
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A condition where a person is highly susceptible to becoming addicted to technological gadgets or online tools.
Also known as CAPS
Also known as CAPS
I can't get off Facebook. I totally have Cyber Addictive Personality Syndrome.
My parents won't get me an Xbox because I have Cyber Addictive Personality Syndrome.
My parents won't get me an Xbox because I have Cyber Addictive Personality Syndrome.
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Get the Cyber Addictive Personality Syndrome mug.Haselton, M. G. & Buss, D. M. (2001). Emotional reactions following first-time sexual intercourse: The affective shift hypothesis. Personal Relationships, 8, 357-369.
Abstract: This article develops the Affective Shift Hypothesis, which suggests that women experience positive affective shifts following first-time intercourse as a means to facilitate a longer-term, more committed relationship. The hypothesis predicts a negative affective shift in men who pursue a short-term mating strategy; this shift is hypothesized to function to curtail commitment by motivating the man to terminate the relationship.
Abstract: This article develops the Affective Shift Hypothesis, which suggests that women experience positive affective shifts following first-time intercourse as a means to facilitate a longer-term, more committed relationship. The hypothesis predicts a negative affective shift in men who pursue a short-term mating strategy; this shift is hypothesized to function to curtail commitment by motivating the man to terminate the relationship.
177 Ss in Study 1 documented sex differences predicted by the affective shift hypothesis. 203 Ss in Study 2, using a somewhat different methodology involving reports of presex and postsex feelings, found that men with high numbers of sex partners, but not men with low numbers of partners, experienced a decrease in their partner's physical and sexual attractiveness following first-time sexual intercourse. In contrast, women, more than men, experienced increases in feelings of love and commitment following first-time sex.
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Bipolar affective disorder is a severe mental illness that in its most acute form is potentially worse than schizophrenia.
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