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| a theory postulating that the way in which infants form attatchments early in life affects relationships throughout later life. |
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| an attatchment type where infants feel safe when their mothers are out of sight. |
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| anxious-ambivalent attatchment |
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| an attatchment type where infants become nervous when their parent leaves the room and can show rejection when the parent returns. |
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| an attatchment type where infants show little attatchment to their primary parent. |
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| a type of love characterized by passion, melodrama, and excitement, and that recieves a lot of media attention. |
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| a type of love that grows over time, based on strong commitment, friendship, and trust. |
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| an evolutionary theory that all humans have an instinctive impulse to pass on their genetic material. |
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| biochemical perspective of love |
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| theories that suggest humans are attracted to certain types of people, at which point the brain releasess natural chemicals that gives us a "rush" we experience as sexual attraction. |
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| Sternberg's triangular theory of love |
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| a theory that sees love as having three elements: intimacy, passion, and commitment |
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| relationships have no love in them |
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| people remain together soley because of a commitment. (children) |
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| relationships are intimate, such as good friendships, but typically no passion or commitment. |
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| relationship full of passion, but when passion ends, little intimacy or commitment remains. |
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| long-term couples; passion may have waned, but couples share intimacy and commitment to one another. |
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| people marry or cohabit very early on without developing real intimacy. |
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| relationships intence and full of passion and intimacy. lack a degree of commitment, and focus is on physical and sexual attraction. |
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| when the relationship contains all three componants (perfect love) |
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| a categorization of 6 types of love that describe how couples are attracted to one another. |
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| love that is passionate, all-consuming, and highly sexual |
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| love that develops slowly with the passage of time. (start as friends and slowly turn into more) |
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| rational, down-to-earth style of love based on practical considerations. very pickey with partner (may have checklist of traits) compatibility is key. |
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| playful, carefree type of love. (open relationship) no jealousy and sex is for fun rather than intimacy |
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| self-sacrificing, altruistic, kind and patient. partners give without expecting to recieve anything in return. |
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| characterized by possesiveness, dependency, and jealousy. heavy need for each other and obsess over one another. |
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| Reiss's wheel theory of love |
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| a developmental theory that shows relationships moving from the establishment of rapport, to self-revelation, mutual dependence, and finally, need fulfillment. |
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| controlling the development of love |
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| a macro-level perspective on love suggesting that all societies control or channel love. |
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| when one person's feelings are not reciprocated by the other person in the relationship. |
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