Exam 6: Love and Loving

Fatuous (infatuation) relationships tend to last a relatively long time.

One of Sternberg's eight love types, intimacy and passion are the elements that comprise this love. Because of the physical and/or sexual attraction and arousal that accompanies this type of love, it is thought to be a more intense form of love than liking.

Researchers describe ________ as a wildly powerful emotion that is experienced as intense longing for the selected love object, along with profound sexual arousal and confused feelings. Passionate love can either be a blissful experience if the love is reciprocated, or a negative experience if the love is ignored.

________ love is expressed between emotionally mature adults who recognize that love is a give-and-take process.

In her research, Elaine Hatfield refers to the exclusivity of romantic infatuation. Explain.

Compare and contrast infatuation with companionate love.

Hatfield found that sometimes couples in relationships become completely absorbed with each other and exclude friends and family. This is known as _____.

The growth from dependent love to interdependent love is a process that takes place during adolescence.

It is impossible to arrive at companionate love without liking each other.

One of Sternberg's eight love types, this type of love is void of passion and intimacy. Commitment is the only element in the relationship.

Define "intimacy."

The ancient Greeks distinguished between the different key qualities of, or types of, love. Which term was used to describe the sexual, physical components of love?

A key concept that differentiates adult-infant love from adult-adult love is the concept of reciprocity. Explain.

By the 1930s, romantic attraction to another became the most acceptable form of choosing a life mate.

Define some characteristics of Hazan and Shaver's notion of Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment Types.

Compare and contrast "simple infatuation" with "romantic infatuation."

What is "cyber-stalking"?

Love partners sometimes arrange weddings that take place without parental approval and/or knowledge. This is known as _____.

The ancient Greeks distinguished between the different key qualities of or types of love. Which love was thought to be a self-sacrificing, spiritual love that looked out for the interests and well being of others?

One of Sternberg's eight love types, this type combines passion and commitment and often results in a sprint towards a cohabiting partnership or down the marital aisle. But because the relationship lacks intimacy and the time necessary for intimacy to grow and develop, and because passion will fade sooner or later, the only element remaining is commitment.