Lesson 5: Love, Intimacy, and Relationship Flashcards
is a human experience differently defined and conceptualized
Love
a phenomenon experienced similarly by people across time and cultures.
love as a culture universal
are events or experiences which ensue within our interaction and relationship with other people.
love as a social phenomenon
for social interaction and relationship building, is the process of giving and receiving information between and among people.
communication
symbols that are culturally agreed upon as possessing certain meanings and that are used by people to express certain realities and worldviews.
language
are physiological responses that we evaluate psychologically as we
experience particular life events.
love as an emotion
joy, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, surprised, etc.
basic emotions
are combination of basic emotions in varying magnitude and are made intricate by circumstance surrounding the experiences. Love is a complex emotion.
complex emotions
information > nervous system > neurons > neurotransmitters
love as a neurobiological event
Loving experience is associated with the activation of the ___________ of our
brain right behind our left eyes
ventral tegmental area (vta)
hormones believed to provide humans a good mood.
increased amount in endorphin
our happy hormones
dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin
When you’re attracted to another person, your brain releases
dopamine, serotonin increases, and oxytocin is produced
love hormone or cuddle chemical
oxytocin
famous psychoanalytic figure
sigmund freud
In a nutshell, the psychodynamic theory posits that twe have desires and motives fueled by our
life (eros) and death (thanatos) instincts, that streams from our unconscious
Love can be seen as a manifestation of our eros and the placement of our
libido (life energy)
It suggest that the kind of ______ we have with our primary caregiver/s, influence our relationship in later life, including our choice of romantic partners and the way we relate and operate with this partnership.
attachment (psychic bond)
Sigmund freud is the proponent of theorizing love in what
Theorizing Love: Psychodynamic View on Love
Who is John Alan Lee
Theorizing Love: Color Wheel of Love