Conversation Craving

A Conversation Craving is a social craving that involves intense desire to re-experience a particularly satisfying conversation session.

• AKA: Dialogue Longing, Conversational Yearning, Social Interaction Craving.
• Context:
  • It can typically arise from unexpected positive conversation outcomes through emotional memory formation.
  • It can typically manifest as intrusive thoughts about past conversation sessions.
  • It can typically trigger social seeking behavior for similar conversation experiences.
  • It can often involve nostalgic emotional states about specific conversation moments.
  • It can often generate approach motivation toward conversation partners.
  • It can often enhance social bonding through shared experience desire.
  • It can range from being a Mild Conversation Craving to being an Intense Conversation Craving, depending on its emotional intensity.
  • It can range from being a Recent Conversation Craving to being a Distant Conversation Craving, depending on its temporal distance.
  • It can range from being a Specific Conversation Craving to being a General Conversation Craving, depending on its target specificity.
  • It can range from being a Fulfilled Conversation Craving to being an Unfulfilled Conversation Craving, depending on its satisfaction status.
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• Example(s):
  • Professional Conversation Cravings, such as:
    • Mentorship Conversation Craving for career guidance dialogues.
    • Interview Success Craving for exceptional job interviews.
  • Personal Conversation Cravings, such as:
    • Deep Connection Craving for intimate personal exchanges.
    • First Date Conversation Craving for romantic initial meetings.
  • Intellectual Conversation Cravings, such as:
    • Philosophical Dialogue Craving for profound idea exchanges.
    • Creative Collaboration Craving for innovative brainstorming sessions.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Knowledge Craving, which seeks information rather than social exchange.
  • Future Anticipation Craving, which desires upcoming events rather than past conversations.
  • Conversation Anxiety, which generates interaction avoidance.
• See: Social Craving, Craving State, State of Desire, Conversation Session, Satisfying Conversation Outcome, Social Experience, Social Fulfillment State, Nostalgic Emotional State, Peak Social Experience, Emotional Memory, Social Bonding, Positive Emotional State, Memory Trigger, Knowledge Craving, Moment Return Craving.

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