Chapter 8 & 9 Flashcards
(9 cards)
John A Lee’s colors of love
Three primary love styles blue red and yellow with secondary combinations
What are the three primary love styles
Eros: erotic love
Ludus: game playing love
Storge: friendship love
Where are the secondary love styles
Mania: obsessive love (Eros+Ludus)
Pragma: pragmatic love (Ludus+Storge)
Agape: altruistic love (Storge+Eros)
3 general orientations toward sex
Procreational: making babies
Recreational: having fun
Relational: intimacy
Courtship stages
- Attention
- Courtship readiness
- Positioning
- Invitations and sexual arousal
- Resolution
Sex and Relational satisfaction
Direct communication about sex leads to greater sexual satisfaction, also contributing to relational satisfaction.
Indirect communication has the opposite effect.
Sexual satisfaction not the best predictor to relational satisfaction.
Stern burgers triangular theory of love
Commitment- deliberate choice to remain involved with one another
passion- intensity of emotions and attraction
intimacy- foundation of love feelings of closeness connection comfort and tenderness
Sexual scripts: initiating strategies
Hinting and indirect (flirting) Expressions of closeness (I love you) Pressure and manipulation (threats) Antisocial acts (sexual harassment) Logic and Reasoning (timing)
Sexually coercion
To pressure or force another to engage in unwanted sexual activity