FRHD 2100 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 and 10- Oct 16 and 18
30 Oct 2017
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In past, people married for political, economical, practical reasons. 50 years ago, 76% of women and 35% of men would have married an otherwise perfect partner who they did not love. Intimacy: feelings of warmth, understanding communication, support and sharing. Passion: physical arousal and desire, sexual longing, strong emotional need. Commitment: decisions to devote oneself to a relationship and to work to maintain it. Infatuation: fatuous love, empty love, companionate love, consummate love. Evolutionary theorists: love as a commitment device, focus on long term benefits over immediate reward, think less of possible alternative partners, crucial for love to carry on long enough to raise children. Some researchers suggest that conflict is not itself bad. Disagreement and anger exchanges among couples were not harmful in the long run. It was the way that people engaged in conflict that created negativity. Criticism: atta(cid:272)ki(cid:374)g the perso(cid:374)"s perso(cid:374)ality or fra(cid:373)i(cid:374)g your state(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts as if there is so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (cid:862)(cid:449)ro(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:449)ith that perso(cid:374)
