exam 3 Flashcards
(90 cards)
heterosexual script scale
ex: “the best way for a girl to attract a boyfriend is to use her body and looks”
how do heteros usually meet
through friends
how do same gender usually meet
online
mate preferences
qualities that people desire in potential sexual or romantic partners (dependability, stability, loving)
matching phenomenon (byrne)
romantic partners similar to us in attitudes, intelligence, attractiveness
mere exposure effect
tendency to like a person more if we have been exposed to them repeatedly
homophily
have contact w people who are equal in social status (race, education, religion)
- asians are least likely to marry their own race
byrne’s law of attraction
we like people who give us reinforcements and few punishments
sexual strategies theory (evolutionary, buss)
- physical attractiveness = fertility
sociocultural perspective on attraction
- Women want financial support, men want domestic duties
intimiacy
- commitment
- feelings of closeness (emotional and cognitive), trust
- mutual self-disclosure
sternberg’s theory of love
- intimacy (emotional closeness)
- passion (arousal, attraction)
- decision/commitment (short-term and long-term)
- must all be expressed
- triangle
love styles (3 types)
- eros (powerful physical attraction)
- ludus (play, not serious commitment)
- storge (builds slowly, stable)
other love styles
mania: eros + ludus (obsession)
pragma: storge + ludus (practical)
agape: storge + eros (kind, patient)
jealousy
activated by
- threat to self-esteem
- threat to relationship
emotional or sexual
two-component theory of love
physiological arousal
cognitive label (love)
- misattribution of arousal
love brain network
- autnomic system
- motivation/reward system
- emotion system
- cognitive system
passionate vs companionate love
passionate: intense, all-consuming, 6-30 months (dopamine)
companionate: deep attachment afterwards (oxytocin)
communion (warmth)
- “higher in women”
- concern for others, kindness, nurture
agency (competence)
- “higher in men”
- individual success, status, leadership
mammy
fat or heavyset, asexual or caretake or maid of family
jezebel
promiscuous and amoral, uses body for power
sapphire
rude, loud, stubborn, emasculating
latinx
machismo and marianismo
sharp gender roles