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