Angie Dahnous
Psychology 101
June 29, 2017
“How Puppy Photos Can Teach Your Brain to Love Your Partner More”
The article I have chosen is from Time Magazine called “How Puppy Photos Can Teach Your Brain to Love Your Partner More” by Belinda Luscombe. The research shows that if married couples look at pictures of babies, food, and puppies for six minutes every three days reported being happier in the marriage after 6 weeks. James McNulty, a psychology professor at Florida State University and his team, conducted the experiment.
They were asked to do the research study by the officials at the Department of Defense since they wanted to come up with ideas to help military personnel that are deployed to help save their marriages. This study …show more content…
A psychological theory about likes and dislikes was used in this study about relationships since they work in the same way. The theory about likes and dislikes that it is a process of associative learning. Associative learning is the process when someone learns an association between two stimuli, or a behavior or stimulus. An example of associative learning is when a person loves the smell of the Cheesecake Factory because it reminds them of all the good times they had there with their friends. Another example is a person likes an article of clothing because they have worn it out on their first date with their lover.
Relationships also use the process of associative learning, and as a result from associative learning the feelings become automatic. If two people in a relationship have good experience and build a good memory together, they can remember it and feel happy. For example, my boyfriend and I love to go Frames n’ Games, the bowling alley located in Pooler, Georgia. When we think about going to that specific bowling alley, we remember all the good times we had there and it makes us feel
Psychology 101
June 29, 2017
“How Puppy Photos Can Teach Your Brain to Love Your Partner More”
The article I have chosen is from Time Magazine called “How Puppy Photos Can Teach Your Brain to Love Your Partner More” by Belinda Luscombe. The research shows that if married couples look at pictures of babies, food, and puppies for six minutes every three days reported being happier in the marriage after 6 weeks. James McNulty, a psychology professor at Florida State University and his team, conducted the experiment.
They were asked to do the research study by the officials at the Department of Defense since they wanted to come up with ideas to help military personnel that are deployed to help save their marriages. This study …show more content…
A psychological theory about likes and dislikes was used in this study about relationships since they work in the same way. The theory about likes and dislikes that it is a process of associative learning. Associative learning is the process when someone learns an association between two stimuli, or a behavior or stimulus. An example of associative learning is when a person loves the smell of the Cheesecake Factory because it reminds them of all the good times they had there with their friends. Another example is a person likes an article of clothing because they have worn it out on their first date with their lover.
Relationships also use the process of associative learning, and as a result from associative learning the feelings become automatic. If two people in a relationship have good experience and build a good memory together, they can remember it and feel happy. For example, my boyfriend and I love to go Frames n’ Games, the bowling alley located in Pooler, Georgia. When we think about going to that specific bowling alley, we remember all the good times we had there and it makes us feel