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29 Cards in this Set
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Factors in attraction
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1. Propinquity
2. Attraction 3. Family traditions |
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Stages in developing relationship
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1. Initial meeting and awareness
2. Selection process 3. Developing intimacy 4. Maintaining/dissolving relationship |
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The nature of intimacy
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1. Understanding of other
2. Care/concern 3. Sexuality 4. Commitment 5. Communication |
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Exchange theory
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One sided intimate relationship won't work
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Types of lovers
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1. Erotic
2. Ludic 3. Storgic 4. Manic 5. Pragmatic 6. Agapic |
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Erotic lover
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Sexua
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Ludic lover
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Love = pleasant, not deeply involved
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Storgic lover
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Quiet affection, develops slowly
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Manic lover
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Intense jealousy, ecstasy and despair
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Pragmatic lover
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Careful, consciously assessing each other
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Agapic lover
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Well being of other, selfless
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Triangular theory of love
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Intimacy, passion, commitment
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Cohabitation
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Living together before marriage
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Relationship types
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Emancipation (get away from parents)
Convenience (sex) Testing (trial marriage) |
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3 relationship stages
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1. Blending stage- head of heels, lots of sex
2. Nesting stage- passion goes down, comfort up 3. Maintaining stage- traditions established, ways to deal with conflict |
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Factors in martial satisfaction
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Timing
Equity Communication Preparedness |
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Primary problem of love (Fromm)
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Real meaning/essence of love obscured by society's objectification/misunderstanding of it
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Fromm's premises
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People think:
-love is about being love, not capacity to love -love is simple, finding right object is hard -confusion about falling and being in love |
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Psychic symbiosis
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Two yet one mind, psychologically dependent
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Passive symbiotic union
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Submission to another, full dependence on them, masochism, no integrity
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Active symbiotic union
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Domination, sadism, imprisonment of another
Inflates themselves, no integrity |
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Mature love
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Being one with another but retaining integrity/self identity
-somewhat paradoxical |
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Serotonin
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Star neurotransmitter
Helps eliminate OCD symptoms |
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Oxytocin
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Hormone that promotes feeling of bonding
Released on contact with loved ones |
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Dopamine
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Creates intense energy, exhiliration, focus, attention, motivation
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Freud's love theory
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Choices influenced by Oedipal/Electra complex
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Jung's love theory
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Collective unconscious drives choices
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Thomas lewis's love theory
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Romantic love rooted in earliest infantile experiences of intimacy
-breast feeding, mom's face |
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Evolutionary psychology's take on love
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Want to mate with attractive/healthy people to propagate the species
-males: rugged features suggests lots of testosterone -females: waist to hip ratio to carry babies |