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Human Sex. Chapter 7
Human Sexuality
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
10/19/2015

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Romantic Love
Definition
Idealized love, based on romance and perfection
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Unrequited Love
Definition
Loving another when the love will never be returned
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Companionate Love (conjugal)
Definition
An intimate form of love that involves friendly affection and deep attachment based on a familiarity with the loved one
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Field of Eligibles
Definition
The group of people from which it is socially acceptable to choose an intimate partner
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Self Love
Definition
Love for oneself; the instinct or desire to promote one's own well-being
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Narcissism
Definition
Excessive admiration of oneself
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Stalking
Definition
Relentlessly pursuing someone, shadowing him or her, or making threatening gestures or claims toward the person when the relationship is unwanted
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Intimacy Repertoire
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A set of behaviors that we use to forge intimate relationships throughout our lives
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Role Repertoire
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A set of behaviors that we use in our interactions with others. Once we find what works, we develop patterns of interacting with others
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Pheromones
Definition
Chemical substances that are secreted by humans and animals and facilitate communication
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Conjugal Love
Definition
An intimate form of love that involves friendly affection and deep attachment based on familiarity with the loved one. Also referred to as compassionate love.
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John Alan Lee
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identified six basic ways to love, which he calls "color" of love
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Robert Sternberg
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proposed that love is made up of three elements: triangles (passion, intimacy, commitment)
& combines there elements into seven forms of love.
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Lee's Colors of love
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1. Eros: The romantic lover
2. Ludus: The game-playing lover
3. Storge: The quiet, clam lover
4. Mania: The crazy lover
5. Pragma: The practical lover
6. Agape: The Selfless Lover
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Robert Sternberg: Triangular theory of love
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1. Nonlove
2. Liking
3. Infatuation
4. Empty Love
5. Romantic Love
6. Companionate love
7. fatuous Love
8. Consummate Love
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5 categories in why we form emotional bonds
Definition
1. behavioral reinforcement
2. cognitive
3. evolutionary
4. physiological arousal
5. Biological
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Behavioral reinforcement theories
Definition
we love because another person reinforces positive feelings in ourselves
-we like people we associated with feeling goof and love people if the association is very good
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Cognitive theories
Definition
based on an interesting paradox: the less people are paid for a task, the more they tend to like it.
-the action comes first and the interpretation comes later
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Evolutionary theory
Definition
love is a strategy that helps us form the bonds we need to reproduce and pass our genes on to the next generation
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Physiological Arousal Theory
Definition
people tend to be vulnerable to experiencing love when they are physiologically aroused for whatever reason.
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Biological factors
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we register the "smell" of people through their odorless chemicals secreted. influenced by our major histocompatibility complex (MHC) they are a group of genes that helps the body recognize invaders such as bacteria and viruses
certain areas of the brain are stimulated when couples are in love
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