Chapter 8 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Need to belong
The human need to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships
Sociosexual orientation
Individual differences in the tendency to prefer either unrestricted sex (without the necessity of love or restricted sex (only in the context of along-term, loving relationship)
Equity rule
Each person’s benefits and costs in a social relationship should be matched to the benefits and costs of the other
Polygamy
Marital custom in which either one man marries more than one woman (polygyny) or one woman marries more than one man (polyandry)
Need-based rule
Each person in a social relationship provides benefits as the other needs them, without keeping account of individual costs and benefits
Nurturant love
Feelings of tenderness and concern, central to parents caring for their children
Androgynous
Demonstrating a combination of masculine and feminine characteristics in one’s behaviors
Two-factor theory
The theory that love consists of general arousal (factor 1), which is attributed to the presence of an attractive person and labeled as love (factor 2)
Factor analysis
A statistical technique for sorting test items or behaviors into conceptually similar groups
Avoidant attachment style
Attachments marked by defensive detachment from the other
Passionate love
A state of intense longing for union with another
Intimacy
Factor on love scales composed of items tapping feelings of close bonding with another
Polyandry
Marital arrangement involving one woman and more than one husband
Anxious/ambivalent attachment style
Attachments marked by fear of abandonment and the feeling that one’s needs are not being met
Polygyny
Marital arrangement involving one man and more than one wife
Erotomania
A disorder involving the fixed (but incorrect) belief that one is loved by another, which persists in the face of strong evidence to the contrary
Secure base
Comfort provided by an attachment figure, which allows the person to venture forth more confidently to explore the environment
Companionate love
Affection and tenderness felt for those whose lives are entwined with our own
Attachment love
Desire to be cared for, and protected by, another person
Decision/commitment
Factor on love scales composed of items tapping decision that one is in love with and committed to another
Secure attachment style
Attachments marked by trust that the other person will continue to provide love and support
Monogamy
Marital custom involving two people, most typically one man married to one woman
Passion
Factor on love scales composed of items tapping romantic attraction and sexual desire
