Vocab Flashcards
Passionate Love
Strong feeling of loving desire and excitement towards someone
Companionate Love
Mutual understand of each other
Passion
emotional state that has high arousal including high heart rate and blood pressure
Commitment
A conscious decision that remains constant
Exchange relationship
expecting something in return due to the relationship
Communal Relationship
Expect nothing in return, based on mutual love
PEA Chemical
A neurotransmitter that causes arousal
Attachment Theory
a theory that classifies people into four attachment styles
Secure Attachment
when people are low on anxiety and avoidance, they trust their partners
Preoccupied (Anxious/Ambivalent) Attachment
style of attachment in which people are low on avoidance but high on anxiety, they want closeness but worry their partners will abandon them
Dismissing Avoidance Attachment
low on anxiety but high on avoidance, view partners as unreliable
Fearful Avoidance Attachment
high anxiety and avoidance, have low options of self and keep others away
Investment Model
theory that uses three factors, satisfaction, alternatives, and investments, explains why people stay with their long-term partners
