Exam 7: Love and Intimacy

Companionate love is the passionate, highly sexual part of loving.

During which era did the idea that romantic love is the most desirable form of love become popular?0

In his observations of heterosexual strangers in bar situations, Perper found if people were mutually attracted to each other the first indication was what?

Compare and contrast behavioral reinforcement and cognitive theories of why we form emotional bonds.

What is the determination to maintain long-term love?

According to recent research, when people feel loved and can open up and talk with each other, which of the following becomes stronger?

Describe two problems discussed in your text that are related to measuring love.

What did Robert Sternberg's research propose?

Attachment theory grew out of the work of John Bowlby in the 1980s.

According to Sternberg's love triangles, what term is used for the absence of the three building blocks of love?

Which term matches this definition? "A set of behaviors that we use in our interactions with others; once we find what works, we develop patterns of interacting with others."

Loving another when love will never be returned is known as ________.

Excessive admiration of oneself is called ________.

Related to attachment, divorce, and future relationships, what factor has been found to reduce the negative effects of divorce on children?

According to Sternberg, what differentiates romantic love from other kinds of love?

What does the sentence "Love is fatuous" mean?

People use their body language to reveal their level of attraction when meeting someone for the first time.

Which researchers believed that we tend to relate to others in our love relationships much as we did with our primary caregiver when we were young?

Which kind of feelings are closely involved with intimacy?

The biological effects, including the production of adrenaline, cortisol, and other chemical messengers of stress on the human body is known as ________.