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21 Cards in this Set
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Freud |
Love is a compensatory mechanism that is a byproduct of our need for sex that is blocked |
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Behaviorist |
Love is an innate response due to stimulation of exogenous zones |
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Social psychologists |
Treated love as an attitude that compels us to think,feel and act in certain ways |
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Love prototype |
List as many features of love in 3 minutes Listed 10 items most central to love and not 1st item was trust Caribg Honesty Friendship |
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Evolutionary love |
Humans were born with biparental units of caring for children To reduce chance of chuckoldry (cheating) pair bonding provides insurance for fathers that their gender will propagate |
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Lust - sexual attraction |
Androgens: testosterone, estrogen - sex drive Libido |
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Romantic love |
Dopamine: pleasure reward system Serotonin: modulated anger, aggression, body temp, mood sleep Norepinephrine: fight or flight system, modulated alertness, arousal |
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Attachment |
Oxytocin: letdown reflex. Uterine contractions released during orgasm, involved in social bonding. Released during hugging and touching Vadopressin: aggression, blood pressure. Released during sex. Supports pair bonding. Induces male to male aggression |
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Fisher et Al |
Found lust and sexual attraction associated with increases in androgens and estrogen Attraction and romantic love associated with increases in Norepinephrine and dopamine = increase in serotonin and indoleamibe Attachment associated with oxytocin and Vadopressin |
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Testosterone |
Compared testosterone levels with people who feel in love and who have been in love Who just fell in love: increase for men and decreased for woman Who were in relationship: decreased in men and increased in wokanv |
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Misatribution of arousal |
Emotion = result of changes in physiological arousal that are misidentified by the perceiver Love can be exacerbated by these cues: Parental disapproval, stress, keeping it hush-hush |
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Preoccupation with the other |
Thinking about the other person is also important It may be that thinking about the other person causes us to feel love |
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Teaser and paulhus |
Tested 202 college students on their subjective feelings of love Those who felt love at time 1 were more likely to feel love at time 2 Dating more frequently related to reeling more love Realistic constraints: idealizations decrease when we discover things we dislike about the other |
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Triangular theory of love |
Intimacy: increases steadily, decreases at end of relationship Passion: increases rapidly and levels off Decision/ commitment: depends on the other 2: develops slowly and plateaus If you have all 3. You have consumate love: rare and difficult to achieve. |
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Lee: |
Compared love to colors Can combine different colors to produce new ones Combine different love styles to create other types of love Primary loves: lodus, Eros, storage Secondary: agape, mania, pragma |
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Companionate vs compassionate |
Passionate: romantic and infatuation Intense longing and infatuation for other person. If this love is not reciprocated, you feel empty, angry and dispair. Companionate: lacks the passion. Attraction for someone with whom our lives are connected more comfort |
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Age effects |
4-14 year olds can experience love as intensely as 18 year olds with a decrease for 12 year old boys Young : more likely to display behaviours indicative of passion and romanticism Experience of love and emotions decrease over time |
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Transactive memory |
Memory that a couple shares |
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Bersheids |
Predicts love decreases steadily over the years |
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Tucker and aron |
Found that love as measured at important at transition points, marriage, childbirth, empty nest did not decrease |
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Keeping love alive |
Sprecher tested hetero couples over 4 years Subjects reported their satisfaction,commitment and love several intervals Steadily increase in love over 4 years for males and females |
