week 6

Question 1

How research on love got started: Charles darwin

Answer 1

–claimed reproductive success was the central
process underlying the evolution of species.

Question 2

how research on love got started: sigmund freud?

Answer 2

defined love as a compensatory mechanism that
kicked in whenever the desire for a sexual union was blocked.

Question 3

Margaret mead research on love

Answer 3

described the cultural
variations in the expression of love and sexuality.

Question 4

The human capacity to experience love may be related to

Answer 4

reproduction
and genetic survival.

Question 5

What holds the bond

Answer 5

Love enables pair bonding and, along with commitment, provides the
emotional glue to hold the bond together.

Question 6

What 3 processes regulate the emotional function of matin reproduction and parenting

Answer 6

lust, romantic love, and attachment

Question 7

The prototype of love: what did the study consist of

Answer 7

Asked university students to list as many
characteristics of love as they could think
of in three minutes.

Question 8

what werethe results of the prototype of love

Answer 8

Found 68 distinct features with 3
underlying dimensions:

Question 9

what were the three 3 underlying dimensions

Answer 9

1. Intimacy
2. Commitment
3. Passion

Question 10

What are three most central characteristics of love

Answer 10

trust, caring and honesty

Question 11

what three most peripheral characteristics

Answer 11

scary, dependency, uncertainty

Question 12

What is the triangular theory of love?

Answer 12

love includes intimacy, passion, commitment

Question 13

What are the first 4 triangular theory of love

Answer 13

non-love, liking, infatuation, empty love

Question 14

what is the next 4 types of love

Answer 14

romantic love, compassionate love

Fatuous love, consummate love

Question 15

Non love and liking

Answer 15

non love- intmacy, passion, and commitment are absent

liking- high intimacy, but little passion or commitment

Question 16

infatuation and empty love

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Infatuation - just passion.
* Empty love – commitment without intimacy or passion.

Question 17

Romantic love and companionate love

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Romantic love - a combination of intimacy and passion.
* Companionate love - high intimacy and commitment, but little passion.

Question 18

What is fatuous love and consummate love

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• Fatuous love - passion and commitment in the absence of intimacy.
• Consummate love – intimacy, passion and commitment are all present to
  a substantial degree.

Question 19

Two types of love

Answer 19

romantic passionate love and companionate love

Question 20

Romantic passionate love involves

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Intense emotions (elation, tenderness,
affection, anxiety)
* State of extreme absorption and desire
for the other
* Sexual attraction

Question 21

companionate love

Answer 21

Mutual respect
* Deep attachment and affection
* Tolerate each other’s
shortcomings

Question 22

Compassionate love is observed in what types of couples

Answer 22

long term couples

Question 23

Love as misattribution of arousal: what is excititation transfer

Answer 23

When arousal caused by one event fuels stronger emotional
reactions to a second, unrelated event (excitation transfer).

Question 24

What the example of misattribution of love?

Answer 24

the bridge study

Question 25

Romantic passionate love: a two factor theory of romantic love proposes that such love result from: what 2 things

Answer 25

physiological arousal that is paired with the belief that another person is the cause of your arousal

Question 26

The colors of love

Answer 26

eros, storge, ludcus, mania, prama, agape

Question 27

eros and storge

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eros- erotic love with a strong physical component storge- love that emphasizes friendship and commitment

Question 28

ludus and mania

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ludus- playful and uncommited mania- practical and pragmatic, dispassionate love

Question 29

Pragma and agape

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pragma- practical and pragmatic agape- altruistic, selfless and dutiful

Question 30

Age and relationship duration:

Answer 30

emotions are less intense and generally more positive

Question 31

burning and intense emotions seem to dwindle with time, being replaced by a more

Answer 31

amiable outlook on love

Question 32

Sexure attachment styles include

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intimacy, passion, commitment, car and caregiving

Question 33

Secure attachment is linked to

Answer 33

higher eros and agape and lower ludus

Question 34

two themes are thought to underlie the 4 attachment styles

Answer 34

anxiety over abandonment and avoidance of intimacy

Question 35

anxiety over abandonment repersents

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the worry that others will find us unworthy and leave us

Question 36

avoidance of intimacy

Answer 36

- describes the ease and trust with which we accept interdependent intimacy with others

Question 37

Individual differences in love: the quality of our attachment can

Answer 37

vary from partner to partner

Question 38

we may be secure in some of our relationships but

Answer 38

relatively insecure in others

Question 39

Love and personality study: examined the realtionship between

Answer 39

Sternberg’s love dimensions (intimacy, passion, and commitment), the Big 5 personality factors, and relationship length.

Question 40

Agreeableness is postivley related with

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all three love dimensions

Question 41

conscientious was positivley related to

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intimacy and commitment

Question 42

passion was negativly associated with

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relationship length

Question 43

commitment positively associated with

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relationship length

Question 44

Love over time: does it get better or worse? after two years of marriage

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average spouses express affection for each other only half as often as they did when they were newlyweds

Question 45

divorces occur more frequenetly in what year

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fourth year of marriage than at any other time

Question 46

Why dosent romantic love last? 3 reasons

Answer 46

fantasy, novelty and arousal

Question 47

fantasy, novelty and arousal refer to

Answer 47

Fantasy enhances romance, but it erodes with time. * Novelty - adds excitement-and sexual arousal to new love relationships but it fades with familiarity. * Arousal fuels romance, but it, too, fades as time goes by.

Question 48

Often the love that encourages people to marry is

Answer 48

not the love that keeps them together decades later