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How research on love got started: Charles darwin

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

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how research on love got started: sigmund freud?

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

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Margaret mead research on love

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

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4
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The human capacity to experience love may be related to

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reproduction
and genetic survival.

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5
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What holds the bond

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

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6
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What 3 processes regulate the emotional function of matin reproduction and parenting

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lust, romantic love, and attachment

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The prototype of love: what did the study consist of

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

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what werethe results of the prototype of love

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Found 68 distinct features with 3
underlying dimensions:

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what were the three 3 underlying dimensions

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  1. Intimacy
  2. Commitment
  3. Passion
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What are three most central characteristics of love

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trust, caring and honesty

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what three most peripheral characteristics

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scary, dependency, uncertainty

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What is the triangular theory of love?

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love includes intimacy, passion, commitment

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What are the first 4 triangular theory of love

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non-love, liking, infatuation, empty love

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what is the next 4 types of love

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romantic love, compassionate love

Fatuous love, consummate love

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Non love and liking

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non love- intmacy, passion, and commitment are absent

liking- high intimacy, but little passion or commitment

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infatuation and empty love

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

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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.

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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.
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Two types of love

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romantic passionate love and companionate love

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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

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companionate love

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

22
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Compassionate love is observed in what types of couples

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long term couples

23
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Love as misattribution of arousal: what is excititation transfer

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

24
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What the example of misattribution of love?

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the bridge study

25
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Romantic passionate love: a two factor theory of romantic love proposes that such love result from: what 2 things

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

26
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The colors of love

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eros, storge, ludcus, mania, prama, agape

27
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eros and storge

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eros- erotic love with a strong physical component

storge- love that emphasizes friendship and commitment

28
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ludus and mania

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ludus- playful and uncommited

mania- practical and pragmatic, dispassionate love

29
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Pragma and agape

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pragma- practical and pragmatic

agape- altruistic, selfless and dutiful

30
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Age and relationship duration:

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emotions are less intense and generally more positive

31
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burning and intense emotions seem to dwindle with time, being replaced by a more

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amiable outlook on love

32
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Sexure attachment styles include

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intimacy, passion, commitment, car and caregiving

33
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Secure attachment is linked to

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higher eros and agape and lower ludus

34
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two themes are thought to underlie the 4 attachment styles

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anxiety over abandonment and avoidance of intimacy

35
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anxiety over abandonment repersents

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the worry that others will
find us unworthy and leave us

36
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avoidance of intimacy

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  • describes the ease and trust with which
    we accept interdependent intimacy with others
37
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Individual differences in love: the quality of our attachment can

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vary from partner to partner

38
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we may be secure in some of our relationships but

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relatively insecure in others

39
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Love and personality study: examined the realtionship between

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

40
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Agreeableness is postivley related with

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all three love dimensions

41
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conscientious was positivley related to

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intimacy and commitment

42
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passion was negativly associated with

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relationship length

43
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commitment positively associated with

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relationship length

44
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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

45
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divorces occur more frequenetly in what year

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fourth year of marriage than at any other time

46
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Why dosent romantic love last? 3 reasons

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fantasy, novelty and arousal

47
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fantasy, novelty and arousal refer to

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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.

48
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Often the love that encourages people to marry is

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not the love that keeps them together decades later

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