Friend

A Friend is an emotional agent in a friendship relationship with another cognitive emotional agent.

• Context:
  • It can typically engage in Friend Emotional Support through friend supportive behaviors.
  • It can typically maintain Friend Connection through friend regular communication.
  • It can typically share Friend Experiences through friend joint activity.
  • It can typically demonstrate Friend Loyalty during friend challenging circumstances.
  • It can typically respect Friend Boundarys through friend personal space recognition.
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  • It can often provide Friend Feedback through friend honest opinion sharing.
  • It can often participate in Friend Celebration of friend personal achievements.
  • It can often resolve Friend Conflicts through friend compromise negotiation.
  • It can often develop Friend Trust through friend consistent reliability.
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  • It can range from being a Reciprocal Friend to being a Non-Reciprocal Friend, depending on its friend relationship mutuality.
  • It can range from being a Conscious Friend to being a Non-Conscious Friend, depending on its friend cognitive capacity.
  • It can range from being a Long-Distance Friend to being a Nearby Friend to being a Companionate Friend, depending on its friend physical proximity.
  • It can range from being a Casual Friend to being a Close Friend, depending on its friend emotional intimacy level.
  • It can range from being a Recent Friend to being a Lifelong Friend, depending on its friend relationship duration.
  • It can range from being a Situational Friend to being an All-Context Friend, depending on its friend contextual flexibility.
  • It can range from being a Same-Age Friend to being a Cross-Generation Friend, depending on its friend age relationship.
  • It can range from being a Single-Domain Friend to being a Multi-Domain Friend, depending on its friend shared interest breadth.
  • It can be influenced by Friend Cultural Norms that shape friend relationship expectations.
  • It can be affected by Friend Personality Traits that impact friend compatibility.
  • It can fulfill different Friend Social Roles within friend social networks.
  • It can experience Friend Relationship Changes through friend life transitions.
  • It can maintain Friend Social Bonds despite friend physical separation.
  • It can exchange Friend Resources including friend emotional support and friend practical assistance.
  • It can establish Friend Mutual Understanding through friend personal disclosure.
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• Examples:
  • Friend Types by cognitive nature, such as:
    • Human Friends, such as:
      • Childhood Friend formed during friend early development.
      • School Friend connected through friend educational experience.
      • Workplace Friend sharing friend professional environment.
      • Social Media Friend maintaining friend digital connection.
      • Neighborhood Friend engaged in friend locality sharing.
    • Animal Friends, such as:
      • Canine Friend providing friend unconditional acceptance.
      • Feline Friend offering friend companionship.
      • Equine Friend enabling friend working partnership.
    • Artificial Friends, such as:
      • Virtual Friend created for friend emotional simulation.
      • Robotic Friend designed for friend social interaction.
  • Friend Types by relationship depth, such as:
    • Casual Friends, such as:
      • Activity Friend focused on friend shared hobby.
      • Social Circle Friend connected through friend mutual acquaintances.
    • Close Friends, such as:
      • Confidant Friend engaged in friend deep secret sharing.
      • Best Friend prioritizing friend relationship importance.
      • Soul Friend experiencing friend profound connection.
  • Friend Types by geographic proximity, such as:
    • Long-Distance Friends, such as:
      • International Friend maintaining friend cross-border connection.
      • Digital Friend connecting through friend technological mediums.
    • Nearby Friends, such as:
      • Neighborhood Friend facilitating friend spontaneous interaction.
      • Companionate Friend sharing friend living space.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • A Stranger, which lacks any friend familiarity or friend mutual recognition.
  • An Enemy, which experiences friend relationship antagonism rather than friend mutual goodwill.
  • An Acquaintance, which has friend superficial familiarity but lacks friend emotional depth.
  • A Lover, which emphasizes romantic attachment beyond friend platonic connection.
  • A Family Member, which involves kin relationship obligations rather than friend voluntary association.
  • A Formal Relationship Partner, which maintains professional boundarys instead of friend personal connection.
  • A Parasocial Relationship Figure, which lacks friend mutual awareness despite one-sided emotional investment.
• See: Friendship Relationship, Social Relationship, Friend Affection, Interpersonal Relationship, Friend Social Exchange Theory, Friend Equity Theory, Friend Attachment Style, Friend Sympathy.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship Retrieved:2021-11-5.
  • Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an association, and has been studied in academic fields such as communication, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and philosophy. Various academic theories of friendship have been proposed, including social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles. Although there are many forms of friendship, some of which may vary from place to place, certain characteristics are present in many types of such bonds. Such characteristics include choosing to be with one another, enjoying time spent together, and being able to engage in a positive and supportive role to one another.

2016

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/friend#Noun
  1. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
  2. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
  3. An associate who provides assistance.
  4. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
  5. A person who backs or supports something.
  6. An object or idea that can be used for good.

     Wiktionary is your friend.

• https://hbr.org/2016/05/research-you-have-fewer-friends-than-you-think
  • QUOTE: … we found that while most people assume friendships are two-way, only about half of friendships are indeed reciprocal. These findings indicate a profound inability of people to know who their friends are, perhaps because the possibility of non-reciprocal friendship challenges one’s self-image. We like them, they must like us.

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