Love

Question 1

3 parts of the triangular theory of love

Answer 1

1-Passion (motivational component)
2- Intimacy (emotional component)
3- Commitment (cognitive component)

Question 2

Example of how the three components differ

Answer 2

-Stability
-Conscious control
-Awareness
-Importance across time (passion important in short-term, intimacy and commitment for important on long-term)
-Commonality across relationships

Question 3

Nonlove

Answer 3

All absent or very low

Question 4

Liking

Answer 4

• Intimacy is high; passion & commitment are low
• Many friendships

Question 5

Infatuated love

Answer 5

• Passion is high; intimacy & commitment are low
• E.g., “love at first sight”

Question 6

Empty love

Answer 6

• Commitment is high; intimacy & passion are low
• Burned out relationships; beginning of arranged marriages

Question 7

Romantic love

Answer 7

• High intimacy & passion, but not high commitment
• Can lead to commitment, but not necessarily (e.g., summer fling)

Question 8

Companionate love

Answer 8

• High intimacy & commitment, low passion
• Common in long, happy marriages

Question 9

Fatuous love

Answer 9

• High passion & commitment, low intimacy
• E.g., whirlwind courtships

Question 10

Consummate love

Answer 10

• High intimacy, passion, & commitment
• Highly sought & much idealized, but may be hard to maintain over time

Question 11

Two factor-theory of passionate love, Passionate love arises from:

Answer 11

1. Physiological arousal (racing heart, sweatyt palms)
2. Attribution of arousal to another person

Question 12

Love is a combination of what three behavioural systems

Answer 12

attachment, sex, &
caregiving

Question 13

Behavioural system

Answer 13

a neural program that organizes an individual’s
behaviour in ways that increase the likelihood of survival & reproductive
success

Question 14

Sexual system

Answer 14

Function is to pass genes on to next generation

Question 15

Attachment system

Answer 15

Function is to keep us safe

Question 16

Results of study where snake then a face of someone

Answer 16

Associated with positive attachment words to a greater extent than faces that had been paired with a neutral/non-threatening stimulus.

attachment theory: you have smtg frightening and then the calming reassuring face, so then the participant sees the face as even more tight to secure concepts

Question 17

Caregiving system

Answer 17

Function is to keep offspring alive

Question 18

Optimal caregiving involves

Answer 18

Responsiveness & sensitivity

Question 19

eros, agape, ludus, pragma, mania

Answer 19

eros: romantic, passionate
agape: selfless, altruistic
ludus: game-playing
pragma: practical & pragmatic
mania: possesive, dependent

Question 20

what is hedonic adaptation

Answer 20

habituation to new circumstances