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What are the Three Parts of the Brain Involved in Love?
What are they Responsible For? |
Ventral Tegmental Area
-"In Love Phase" -Sends Out Dopamine Nucleus Accumens -"In Love Phase -Processes Oxytocin > Bonding Caudate Nuclei -Involved in Making Habits/Commitment -Long Term |
Ventral Tegmenal Area
Nucleus Accumens Caudate Nuclei |
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What is "Love"?
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Continuum of Interpersonal Attraction
--The Degree to Which We Like Someone |
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What are the Four Components of Love?
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Propinquity
Physical Attractiveness Similarity Reciprocity |
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What is Propinquity?
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-Physical Proximity
-Familiarity Leads to Liking ---As Long as First Impression is Good |
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What is Physical Attractiveness?
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-Cognitive Disregard: Screening Process
---Needs to Pass Initial Criteria |
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Attractiveness Hypothesis v. Matching Hypothesis
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Attractiveness- Prefer Really Attractive Mates
Matching- Prefer People With About Equal Assets |
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Matching Hypothesis + Equity Theory
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Getting Something Out of a Relationship that is Equal to What One Puts Into It
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How Does What One Consider Attractive Develop?
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Nature and Nurture
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What Qualities are Attractive?
-In Females? -In Males? |
Average, Symmetric
Females- Cute v Mature Male- Big Features v Youth |
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What Role Does MHC Play in Attractiveness?
How Do We Detect It? |
Influence Genes that Influence Tissue Rejection
-Similar MHC > Fetus Rejection Detected Through Smell (t-shirts) and Taste (saliva) |
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What is Philematology?
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The Science of Kissing
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What Does Kissing Do, Chemically?
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-Releases Oxytocin (Bonding)
-Transfers Testerone (Increases Female Sex Drive) -Decreases Stress Chemical |
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What Role Does Similarity Play?
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Consensual Validation
-Finding Similarities Validates Your Own Beliefs |
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What is Reciprocity?
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Liking People Who Like Us
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What Are the Three Theories of Love?
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3-Factor Theory
Sternberg's Triangular Model Evolutionary Explanation |
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What is the 3 Factor Theory of Love?
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-Presence of a Love Object (influenced by culture)
-Cultural Background- expect love to act a certain way -Physiological Arousal Interpreted as Love |
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What is Sternberg's Triangular Model of Love?
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7 types of Love made of Different Amounts of
-Intimacy -Passion -Commitment |
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What is the Evolutionary Explanation of Love?
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-A Need for Protection
-A Need to Protect -Sex Drive |
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Why does the Connection between Sex Drive and Monogamy Differ Between Men and Women?
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Men- Harem Builders
---Monogamous to Protect Children Women- Protect Children |
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Why Do We Fall Out of Love?
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-Incompatibility of MHC (b/c of birth control
-Adrenaline Wore Off -Maybe only in love to make babies |
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