Love Matters

Question 1

What advantages does being attractive has ?

Answer 1

• getting better grades
• being seen as more just
• having an advantage in court

Question 2

Meta analysis

Answer 2

• analysis of several studies related to the same topic

Question 3

evolutionary social psychology

Answer 3

• relationships can only be understood in terms of evolution.

Question 4

What is the good genes theory ?

Answer 4

• fertility –> when women are about to ovulate they prefer men that are competitive . For langterm they look after a good father and care taker, with financial success.
• seeing red–> red is sexual appealing to men , signals redyness for pairing in nature.
• hourglass figure –> favourite figure of males on women , signals good health

good genes theory: we look for partners with a healthy appearance that indicate good genes.

Question 5

Average effect

Answer 5

• Humans like average faces more than those that are more unusual

Question 6

What are the main factors when it comes to choosing a partner ?

Answer 6

• warmth - trustworthiness and showing that they care and like to be intimate
• attractiveness and health
• being liked by others and being financially sound

Question 7

What increases liking ?

Answer 7

• Proximity , Familiarity and Attitude Similarity, personality , cultural stereotypes , assortative mating , self disclosure and trust ,

Question 8

How do you call it if an attitude is quite similar to yours and that makes the other person attractive ?

Answer 8

• similarity of attitudes

Question 9

What the hell is assortative mating?

Answer 9

• people choose their partner because of having several characteristics in common.

Question 10

What personal characteristics play a role in attraction and forming friendships?

Answer 10

• having a desirable personality

- self disclosure = opening up to someone about intimate topics .

Question 11

How much do cultural stereotypes have an influence on attractiveness?

Answer 11

• in North America people prefer the strong , assertive and dominant personalities - individualistic
• in eastern cultures they prefer the traits: honest, sensitive , trustworthy

–> there is a general consent about some traits that are appealing to most of the cultures

Question 12

How is there a connection to Pavlovs dogs and the reinforcement approach?

Answer 12

• same principle
• we tend to like people more if we associate and connect a positive event , feeling with them . If we feel something positive and they are around we tend to like them .

Question 13

need to affiliate

Answer 13

• the urge to make contact and to form connection with other people .

Question 14

Instinct

Answer 14

• innate drive genetically inherited

Question 15

Isolation and anxiety - social comparison theory

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Question 16

Hospitalism

Answer 16

• a stated of depression and apathy that was discovered from infants that were not allowed to have close contact to any caregivers.

Question 17

Attachement behaviour

Answer 17

the tendency of an infant to favor close contact to a caregiver

Question 18

Attachement style characteristics P. 604

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Question 19

Social exchange

Answer 19

• describes the tendency of people to weigh up to do ( costs and rewards) before deciding what to do.

Question 20

cost - reward ration

Answer 20

• belonging to the social exchange theory

- if you like a person or not is dependent of how much effort that person costs to reinforce you. - calculation.

Question 21

minimax strategy

Answer 21

• towards others we try to minimise the costs and maximise the rewards.

Question 22

Profit

Answer 22

• in relationships when the rewards are bigger than the costs.

Question 23

Equity theory

Answer 23

• a case of the social exchange theory that pictures a relationship as fair if the input of both sides is the same.

Question 24

Procedural Justice

Answer 24

• fairness of the decision procedure

Question 25

Big five

Answer 25

- the five characteristics measured to compare different characters with each other.

Question 26

Emotions in relationship model

Answer 26

- close relationships evoke more strong emotions because in a relationship you tend to get more into conflict with the expectations among each other.

Question 27

Passionate Love / Companionate love - scale

Answer 27

- intense taking in of another person in combination with physiological arousal

Question 28

Three factor theory of love 610

Answer 28

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Question 29

consummate love

Answer 29

- due to Sternberg the ultimate form of love involves, passion, commitment and intimacy.

Question 30

Sternbergs triangle of love 612

Answer 30

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Question 31

social support networks

Answer 31

Benefits Costs Communal people that know and care about us and provide back up in times of distress.

Question 32

factors for an ongoing relationship 617

Answer 32

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Question 33

Commitment

Answer 33

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Question 34

ideal standard model

Answer 34

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Question 35

What are four points that announce the end of a relationship?

Answer 35

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Question 36

Self regulation - Partner Regulation

Answer 36

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Question 37

Relationship dissolution model 618

Answer 37

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Question 38

Phases in the break up of a relationship

Answer 38

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Question 39

Attachement style

Answer 39

- the way a human develops relationships , due to his/ her early childhood.