PSCH 312 Lecture 17: Lecture 17
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March 29, 2016- attraction 2: love and relationships. Companionate love: intimacy & affection, not passion or arousal. Combined in various ways to form 7 types of love. Consummate love: (intimacy+ passion+ commitment), intimacy: (liking-intimacy alone), passion: (infatuation- passion alone), commitment: (empty love- commitment alone), romantic love: (intimacy + passion), companionate love: (intimacy + commitment), fatuous love: (passion + commitment). Women more likely to value status in a mate, men more likely to value attraction. Attractive women are more likely to marry financially/ professionally successful men. Love 7 attraction are functions of ability to propagate genes (buss 1988,1989,1990). Men prefer younger partners and say appearance is important. Women"s economic resources and their preference for a physically attractive man (gangestad, 1993). *attachment style originates from relationship with primary caregiver (working models) Translates to how individuals act in romantic relationships. Secure: easy to get close to others, no worrying about abandonment. Anxious/ambivalent: seek intimacy but worry that others won"t reciprocate or stay.
