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Chapter 1: why love matters Flashcards

1
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Hand-holding study

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holding hands with your intimate partner you experience less fear

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People who are in intimate relationships are generally…..what?

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Happier than people who are nit in intimate relationships

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What type if intimate relationship sees the happiest people?

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Married couples in positive/happy relationships

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In what ways do intimate relationships affect our health?

Discordant couples:

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  • Greater change of getting common cold
  • poorer wound healing
  • Higher mortality rates
    Increased risk of hypertension
  • Increased rick of periodontal disease and dental caries
  • Increased risk of being diagnosed and dying from cancer.
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What were the results of the heart failure study?

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People in happy relationships were more likely to be alive after a cardiac incident.

Whereas people in unhappy relationships had a greater chance of death following a cardiac incident.

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6
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Who has the most and least sex?
Married couples living together
Non-married couples living together 
married and not living together 
No steady partner
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Most: Married and living together

Least: No steady relationship

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What is the happiness maximizing number of sexual partners in the past year calculated to be?

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1 partner

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What is the financial result of being in a intimate relationship?

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  • people in intimate relationships accumulate more wealth
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How much will a womens household income drop when they get a divorce?

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drops by 58%

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How much will a womens income be reduced by when there is a dissolution of cohabiting relationships?

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33%

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What is the selection effect?

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It suggests that people who are happier, healthier, and wealthier to begin with are more attractive to potential relationship partners.

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other than selection effect, what effect do intimate relationships offer?

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Protection effects

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How do intimate relationships affect children?

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  • lower levels of poverty
  • higher levels of education
  • fewer emotional problems
  • fewer behavioral problems
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Parental relationship satisfaction is related to:

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  • more emotional security
  • fewer emotional problems
  • fewer behavioral problems
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Higher parental conflict affects the biology of children in what way?

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  • reduced quality of sleep
  • speeding up the onset of puberty
  • more physical health problems
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Kids exposed to frequent and intense parental conflict are more likely to develop what?

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Poorer relationships with parents and peers, leading to compulsive internet usage.

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How do intimate relationships impact society?

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  • Following a dissolution, electricity and water usage increase sharply.
  • Divorced people are less likely to vote.
  • Classmates of childern exposed to domestic violence have lower reading and math scores, reducing future earnings by 4%.
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18
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What is Social control theory?

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Intimate relationships increases the negative consequences of deviant behavior.

19
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Is romantic love a universal experience?

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Yes

20
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What do we want to know about intimate relationships?

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Given their importance for individual health and well-being, for children, and for society, intimate relationships need to be studied.

21
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What is Subjective well-being?

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How happy we are in general.

22
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What is Relationship status?

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The type of relationship someone is involved in.

Marriage, Intimate, unmarried, ect.

23
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What is a relationship transition?

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Moving from one type of relationship to another.

Married - divorced

24
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What are Pairbonds

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Typically involve two individuals who have some degree of emotional and practical investment in each other.

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What is natural selection?

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The strongest, and best adapted members of a species are the most likely to continue to procreate and pass on their genetics.

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What is interdependence?

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The mutual influence that two people have over each other.

27
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What are impersonal relationships?

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tend to be formal and task orientated.

Teacher - student

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How do intimate relationships impact personal happiness?

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Overall, happiness within life corresponds more closely to happiness in marriage than to sanctification with any other domain.

29
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what is a intimate relationship?

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A strong, sustained, mutual influence over a broad range of interactions, with the possibility of sexual involvement.

30
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what is Passion?

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This is the “love at first sight” aspect of love.
full of ador and longing, tinged with obsession and intense preoccupation with the partner, with a strong desire for sexual fulfillment.

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What is intimacy?

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“knowing and being known”

marked by warm and comfortable feels of attachment, trust, and authentic friendship, along with a profound sense of mutual caring and respect.

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What is commitment?

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“Through thick and thin”

demonstrated first by the decision to be in a relationship and then by the willingness to remain in it.

33
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What is romantic love?

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plenty of passion and intimacy but little commitment

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What is fantuous love?

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Lots of passion and commitment but no intimacy.

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What is companionate love?

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intimacy and commitment but no passion

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What is consummate love?

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A relationship where you have a great balance of Intimacy, passion, and commitment.

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What is a personal relationship?

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Relatively informal and engage us at a deeper emotional level.

Grandparent to grandchild.

38
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What is the defining feature of any relationship?

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Interdependent relationships, these are the basic building blocks of any further relationship.

39
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What is bidirectional interdependence?

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One partners’ behavior affects the others and themselves

40
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How are intimate relationships more personal than normal relationships?

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They treat each other as special and unique, rather than as member’s of a generic category.

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What is closeness?

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Strong, frequent, and diverse forms of mutual inference.

42
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What is one of the defining factors of a intimate relationship?

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a intimate relationship is, or has the potential to be, sexual.

43
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What are the seven common attributes of love?

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  • Desire
  • Idealization
  • Joy
  • Preoccupation
  • Proximity
  • Prioritizing
  • Caring
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What are the three attributes that define love in intimate relationships?

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  • Passion
  • Intimacy
  • commitment

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