PSYC 3030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Facial Symmetry, Tegmentum, Family Therapy

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3030
• Professor: afdar

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Biological perspective: romantic love is associated with specific chemicals and networks in the brains (fisher, Associated with focused attention, goal oriented behaviours, excessive energy, dependency, & sexual desire: norepinephrine. Associated with excessive energy, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased memory for new stimuli: serotonin. Have you just fallen madly in love? : the brain activity of 20 participants who were madly and happily in love were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri) (fisher, 2004, findings. High activity in the ventral tegmental area (vta) was found. This region produces dopamine-making cells and distributes dopamine to many brain regions. Rejection in love: study by fisher, brown, aron, strong, & mashek (2010) Love hurts and the hurt isn"t entirely in your head. Social psychology attraction & intimacy across culture: timing. People who are emotionally aroused have agitated mental states and have elevated levels of stress hormones. The theory does not offer biological explanation for proximity in attraction: symmetry (physical attractiveness)