PSYC 401 Study Guide - Final Guide: Attachment In Adults, Attachment Theory, Physical Attractiveness

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 401
• Professor: Terry M Miller- Herringer

Document Summary

Insecure-avoidant: increasing tension between the child and aren"t over the course of the strange situation; avoid caregiver when reinteroducted into the situation. Insecure-resistant/ambivalent: passively or actively demonstrate hostility toward the caregiver while simultaneously wanting to be held and comforted. Love: 2 forms of romantic love, passionate and companionate, can exist together, passionate love strongest predictor of marital status, sternberg"s triangular theory of love, passion or physical attractiveness and romantic drives. Intimacy, or feelings of closeness and connectedness: commitment, involving the decision to initiate and sustain a relationship, cultural context, basic motivation to expand the self, self-expansion theory. Love fuel such self-expression: relationship is a natural by-product of self-expansive love. Increased self-esteem and self-efficacy: arranged marriage: value love has within society. John harvey"s model of minding relationships: adaptive, knowing process, use the knowledge, accept what they learn and respect the other, motivated to continue, develop a sense of being special and appreciated in the relationship, nonadaptive.