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1 - Love Flashcards

1
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What exclusionary factor identifies the cultural relevance of love within families?

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The incest taboo

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2
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What are the two main types of love?

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  • Familial (eg. kids for the parents)

- Sexual (eg. partners)

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3
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What is the greatest factor in creating our understanding of love?

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language

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4
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What hint leads us to believe that many people view love as something that we are powerless to control?

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Our language, such as ‘falling in love’ or ‘love at first sight’

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5
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Do opposites attract?

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Not really

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6
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What are four factors that increase the chance of people falling in love?

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  • Frequent exposure
  • Propinquity (neighbourhood)
  • Homophily (equal status)
  • Matching phenomenon (partners equal in terms of social and personal characteristics)
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What is the attraction-similarity hypothesis?

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States that people look for partners with their ‘purchasing power’ in mind. That is, if you think you’re a ten, you get a ten, etc.

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What are three common things that people talk about when they first meet? Why?

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  • Occupation
  • Location
  • Family

To determine attraction and value of having that person as a partner. This is somewhat the purpose of small talk

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What is the two-component theory of love?

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  1. A state of intense physiological arousal, followed by:

2. Application of a label “love” to that sensation

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10
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What is a risk identified by the two-component theory of love?

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That physiological arousal from other stimuli is attributed to feelings of love (ie. risk of misattribution of arousal)

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11
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What is the emotional component of love?

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Intimacy

Characterized by closeness, bonding, mutual understanding and sharing

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12
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What is the motivational component of love?

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Passion

Characterized by physical attraction and sexual expression

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13
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What is the cognitive component of love?

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Commitment

Characterized by short term decision to love and the long term decision to maintain relationship

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14
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What are the three tenants of the triangular theory of love?

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  • Intimacy
  • Passion
  • Commitment
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15
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What are the 7 types of love around Sternberg’s Triangle?

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  • Intimacy (liking only)
  • Companionate love (intimacy and commitment)
  • Empty love (commitment only)
  • Fatuous love (commitment and passion)
  • Passion (infatuation only)
  • Romantic love (passion and intimacy)

When there is intimacy, commitment and passion = consummate love

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16
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What is a love story about? And why is it important?

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What we feel love ‘should’ be like.

When we fall in love, it is because you meet someone who fits your love story

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17
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What are the three elements of the ‘love as story’ ideo of love?

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  • Characters
  • A plot
  • A theme
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18
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What are three types of love stories?

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  • War story
  • Love is a mystery (ie a partner that you can never really know)
  • House and home (home is the centre of the relationship)
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19
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What two neurotransmitters stimulate the brain to feel attraction?

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norepinephrine and PEA

Produces feelings of elation and euphoria. Can’t eat or sleep

20
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What may lead to ‘fixing’ on love?

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The body building up a tolerance to the stimulating effects of norepinephrine and PEA

21
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What is the cuddling and physical intimacy endorphin associated with attachment and orgasm/sexual satisfaction?

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Oxytocin

Produces a sense of security, tranquility and calm

22
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What endorphin causes inability to differentiate love/lust?

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Oxytocin

23
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Is the concept of love old or new?

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Relatively new considering human history. Traditionally been about acquiring land, power and wealth through arranged marriages.

24
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Does sexual self-disclosure to close friends increase or decrease with age?

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Decrease

Young people disclose more

25
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Do more men or women disclose details about their sex life to their friends?

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Very slightly more women (but practically equal)

26
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What are some differences between individualistic culture and collective cultures in terms of love?

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  • Individualistic cultures select on basis of attractiveness, similarity and resources. Collective attach to those who bring harmony to the group, as well as attractiveness, similarity and resources
  • Individualistic cultures value independence and uniqueness
  • Individualistic culture value romantic love
  • More cost-benefit consideration with individualistic cultures
  • Emotional detachment from the group is acceptable in individualistic cultures
27
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What type of communication is closely related to sexual satisfaction with the relationship? Why? (3)

A

Sexual self-disclosure

  • Helps to learn about what pleases/displeases each other
  • Leads to reciprocity
  • Leads to greater intimacy
28
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What is levelling?

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Telling your partner what you are feeling by stating your thoughts clearly, simply and honestly

29
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What are four tenets for good messages and communication?

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  • Complain rather than criticize (I language)
  • Don’t mind read or make assumptions about what partner things or feels
  • Documenting (giving specific examples of the issue being discussed)
  • Offer limited choices - offering a set of acceptable alternatives
30
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What is editing?

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Censoring or not saying things that would be deliberately hurtful to your partner or that are irrelevant

31
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What is a good listener?

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A non defensive listener that focuses on what your partner is saying and feeling. Not immediately becoming defensive or counterattacking with complaints of your own

32
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What is validating?

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Telling your partner that given his/her point of view, you can see why he or she thinks a certain way

33
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What is paraphrasing?

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Saying, in your own words, what you thought your partner meant

34
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What is drawing your partner out?

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Open-ended questions that call for more than a yes or no

35
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What are the rules of fighting fair?

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  • Don’t give ambiguous messages

- Don’t make assumptions about the meaning of ambiguous messages

36
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What is a mixed union?

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A couple where one partner is a visible minority and the other is not

37
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What is the tendency for men and women to choose partners similar to themselves?

A

Matching pehnomenon

38
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Is similarity in personality correlated with relationship satisfaction?

A

No

But similarities in attitudes is

39
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What is Byrne’s law of attraction?

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Reinforcement theory, says that our attraction to another person is proportionate to the number of reinforcements plus punishments the person gives us

40
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What are the four views of love?

A
  • The triangular theory
  • The attachment theory
  • The love-as-a-story perspective
  • The passionate love ciew
41
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What is the fastest component of love to arise and fade?

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Passion

42
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What are the short term and long term aspects of commitment?

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Short term: decision to love

Long term: commitment to maintain relationship

Commitment is what makes relationships last

43
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What ideas gave rise to the attachment theory of love?

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That early attachments (ie. in childhood) form the basis for adult relationships

44
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What are the four points on an attachment theory scale?

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Positive/negative model of other (Seeks/avoids others)

Positive/negative model of self (self confident/anxious)

45
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What are the four types of attachment identified in the attachment theory of love?

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  • Secure (positive model of self/other)
  • Preoccupied (positive model of other, negative model of self)
  • Fearful (negative model of other/self)
  • Dismissing (positive model of self, negative model of other)
46
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Are children of divorced parents more or less likely to have a secure attachment style? What does affect attachment style?

A

Neither, not correlated

Quality of relationships with parents and friends in childhood and adolescence

47
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How can a married couple that constantly fights have a good marriage?

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Because they have the same temperament and the same love story (war story) they are a good match for each other.

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