PSY 228 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Masturbation, Sex Positive, Bigender
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Scripts influences what we believe is right and wrong. Romantic love: passionate, infaturation, eros, limerance, natural highness, obsessing about this person, excited to see them and have physical contact with them, idealize the person, imperfections are cute, have met their perfect partner , soul mate , biology is involved. Putting out all of these chemicals into the blood stream. Dopamine- increased energy, focused attention, reduced need for food and sleep. Phenylethyamines ( pea) chemical cousin of amphetamine: females don"t last forever and is relatively short lived, body builds up a tolerance and takes more and more of the substance to keep the high . Conjugal or companionate love: after romantic love, decision to continue or end it, evolves over time, has intimacy, mutual respect, trust, think a little less about yourself and a little more about who you are with, biology. Narcissistic personalities: all about themselves but need to be adored. Addictive personalities: love getting high on love.
