Love matters small

Question 1

Study about Gender differences Infidelity and

Mate poaching Sensitivity to threat

Answer 1

• from Tsachi Ein-Dor and others
• Rival sensitivity hypothesis: infidelity functions different for women and men; men show increased sensitivity of their own partner and women monitor other women in their mate’s vicinity

Question 2

Study about Rejection in Love

Answer 2

• testet 16 people with MRI who have been rejected by their romantic partner
• romantic rejecter and cocain craver have many neural correlates in common -> romantic love is a specific form of addiction
• rejected lovers use their reward evolution system -> explaines why feelings ans bahaviour are hard to control at these phases

Question 3

Study about how a romantic relationship can same-sex attracted young adults protect from impact expected rejection

Answer 3

• same sex couples have to face with minority stress
• internalized homophobia
• expected rejection (Ablehnung)
• meta stereotyping
• online survay, 324 young adults, LGB community

=> many sources are needed to protect against minority stress; being involved in a romantic relationship buffers only the impact of EXPECTED REJECTION (erwartete Ablehnung)

Question 4

Love triangle from Sternberg

Answer 4

• passion = sexual attraction
• intimacy = feelings of warmth, closeness
• commitment = keep the relationship, even in moments of crisis

consummate love = all three factors

e.g.
liking = Intimacy
romantic love = Passion, intimacy
companionate love = Commitment, Intimacy

Question 5

What increases liking?

Answer 5

• Proximity
• Familiarity
• Similarity (of attitudes)

Question 6

exposure effect

Answer 6

when in contrast something familiar seems different we feel uncomfortable

Question 7

assortative mating

Answer 7

Evolutionsbiologie; nicht zufällige Paarung, besonders ähnliche Arten finden zamm

Question 8

what get people close?

Answer 8

warm and kindness personality; Self disclosure (Offenlegen)

Question 9

how get we sttractive to people?

Answer 9

• human nature is striving (streben) to reach cognitive consistency -> behaviourist approach
• human want pleasure ans avoidance of pain -> reinforcement approach

Question 10

how work relationships?

Answer 10

• social exchange

- behaviourism: behaving to get rewarded

Question 11

Equity theory (Gerechtigkeit)

Answer 11

social exchange theory that defines relationship as fair iwhen we have same input/output

Question 12

why is having company reduce anxiety?

Answer 12

maybe because distraction (Ablenkung), social comparison (Vergleich)

Question 13

attachment styles

Answer 13

secure, avoidant, anxious

Question 14

attachement theory

Answer 14

love is both biological and a social process

Question 15

relationship: things that
a) help:
b) hinder:

Answer 15

help: intentional (absichtlich): husband congratulated at clothing, unintentional: like being in public with my wife bacause she is attractive
hinder: my wife correct my grammer, husband kept me awake at night by snoring

Question 16

surviving relationship

Answer 16

… one where partners adapt and change in what they expect of each other