4: Liking love and relationships

Question 1

Reinforcement affect model

Answer 1

a social learning approach where interactions followed by positive feelings tend to be repeated

Question 2

Consensual validation

Answer 2

finding people with shared opinions is validating because it provides evidence that my opinions are correct, sticking with similar attitudes to maintain balance

Question 3

Evolutionary theory

Answer 3

predicts that both men and women should look for partners who are good for child bearing, women (between puberty and old age), men (between puberty and old age

Question 4

Internal-working model of a relationship –

Answer 4

created by relationships formed with parents

Question 5

Human beings have a strong need for Affiliation which is

Answer 5

– the function of building collaborative relationships, (secure/insecure attachments) (even if someone says they dont need people)

Question 6

what is the main limitation of attachment studies?

Answer 6

correlational

Question 7

Four Attachment Styles (self-esteem and interpersonal trust):

Answer 7

Secure, fearful-avoidant, preoccupied, dismissing

Question 8

Factors determining attraction

Answer 8

attitude similarity (beliefs, values, interests),
similarity, dissimilarity effect (positive response to those who are similar, negative response to those who are different),
proportion of similarity (greater similarity, greater attraction)

Question 9

Matching hypothesis

Answer 9

we tend to have partners who are similar in social status (i.e, attractiveness), even though we might prefer to have more attractive ones

Question 10

Sternberg’s triangular model of love

Answer 10

passion, intimacy, decision/commitment (strong and balanced = consummate love)

Question 11

Unrequited love

Answer 11

one person feels love and the other does not