Love

Question 1

What does Sternburgs Triangular Theory of Love include?

Answer 1

1. Commitment
2. Intimacy
3. Passion

Question 2

What is the definition of love the professor talks about?

Answer 2

the feeling that your partner has your back no matter what

Question 3

In order for a long-term relationship to last, which one of the three points has to be on it?

Answer 3

Commitment (can lead to working hard on passion and intimacy)

Question 4

What does Helen Fisher mean when they say “love dies”?

Answer 4

brain images and neurotransmitters show that there is a significant change in the early stages of love/passion/lust with levels of serotonin, dopamine etc. and then it goes back to normal

Question 5

In the early stages of love what does your brain look like?

Answer 5

the neurotransmitters look like a persons brain who has a serious mental illness

Question 6

what different methods does your professor discuss that patients/people can do to reinvigorate the relationship? (bring passion back in)

Answer 6

1. go to the sex store together
2. go to a fetish club
3. go to a swingers club
4. public sex
5. ecstasy

extra:
BDS, Bondage, role play, Molly, MDNA, Porn

Question 7

What does the professor say not to do because statistically speaking if you do this one thing you will have more trouble in your relationship? Why?

Answer 7

Threesome

because of jealousy and resentment

Question 8

What is the opposite of jealousy?

Answer 8

compresion (positive feeling in response to one’s partners sexual or romantic experience with another person)

Question 9

What does the professor recomend to do to see a bit about a person on a date when dating?

Answer 9

take them to a cafe down the street from a sex store and then walk in the direction of the sex store and go inside to see their reaction