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week 6 - love Flashcards

1
Q

Is Love Universal?

A

Experience of love is universal (e.g. Jankowiak & Fischer, 1992)

May have an evolutionary basis (e.g. Fisher, 2004) - evolved to focus on one mate

Expressing Love: Saying “I love you”
š- Newcomers to US say it more longer been in country (Lum, 1997)
- More likely to say in English vs. native tongue (Wilkins & Gareis,
2006)
š- Non-verbal expressions more common in collectivist
countries

yes universal but diff in expression

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2
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Example of culture difference - love songs

A

china = more mix of the good and the bad

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3
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Loving our Friends

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Differences
š F: Less complex/intense feelings, easier to
dissolve, spend less of free time together, less
intense emotions
š R: fascination, sexual desire, greater desire for
exclusivity
š R: more stringent rules - rigid expectations

Similarities
š warm evaluations of partner
š Respect
š Trust
š Capitalization
š Social support
š responsiveness

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4
Q

Sternberg’s Love Triangle 3 things

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intimact, commitment, passion

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5
Q

intimacy alone

A

friendship/ acquantance

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6
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intimacy and committment

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companionate love

long term couple but less spicy

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7
Q

commitment alone

A

empty love

married at first sight

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8
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passion and commitment

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fatuous love

romeo and juliet

no close connection

dont even know eachother

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9
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passion alone

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a crush

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10
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romantic love

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spring fling

friends w benefits

intimacy and passion

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11
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consummate love

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intimacy, passion, committment

the goal

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12
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Love Languages

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Argument: There are five key love languages
š Words of affirmation
š Acts of service
š Receiving gifts
š Quality time
š Physical touch
š Everyone has a primary “love language”, and you
need to communicate your love to your partner in
their language
š Not research-based, but very popular

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13
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love language problem

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want a balanced diet

dont want to have to have to pick one

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14
Q

Gender diffs in love expression?

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How do men and women express love in
everyday life?
š M and W equally likely to show love
through affectionate behaviours
š M s showed love by initiating sex, sharing
leisure activities, and doing household
work together

chores togther = quslity time

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15
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Modern Conceptualization of Love
(Mikulincer & Goodman, 2006)

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three systems involved in romantic
love:
š Sexual system (attraction and passion)
š Attachment system (pair bonding)
š Caregiving system (love and support)

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16
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Unrequited Love

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Common experience
š Who has it worse? (Rejector or would
be lover?)

rejector has it worse
- find it annoying and feel guilty

š Why does it happen?
š 1) Assume rel worth waiting for
š 2) Overestimate how liked in return
š 3) Experience many of the rewards of
falling in love

17
Q

The Biology of Love

A

low seretonin like OCD

18
Q

Lovesick

A

Falling in love is associated with
neurochemical changes
šParticipants: newly falling in
love, unmedicated OCD
patients, & controls
šMeasured serotonin density in
blood platelets
šLovers matched OCD patients
(low serotonin) more than controls

19
Q

Passion and Reward Systems

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fMRI study: 10 women and 7 men who were newly, intensely in love
š Average relationship length = 7 months
š Compared to control images, images of their loves ones were
associated with:
š Activation in the VTA
š Motivation to acquire reward
š Specifically RIGHT VTA – associated with wanting (rather than liking)
š Greater activation for those who reported higher levels of romantic love
(using the passionate love scale)

20
Q

Your brain on love

A

Love = obsession & rewarding/addicting

21
Q

Examined love in long-term couples
-reported what

A

A high proportion of participants (>40%)
reported being intensely in love with their
spouses
š Intense love was associated with:
š Physical affection
š Spending time with the partner
š Novel, challenging activities
š Sex
š General life happiness

22
Q

The Michelangelo Phenomenon

A

Michelangelo, the sculptor,
believed that each stone has
an “ideal form”
š The sculptor’s job is to chip
away at the stone’s
imperfections to reveal its
ideal form

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