PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.3: Abraham Maslow, Reward System, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Need to belong: (affiliation motivation): motivation to maintain relationships that involve pleasant feelings. Sense of permanence is most important to our well being. Lonely people are more likely to be depressed and it is a risk factor for illness. Bersheid and walter: 2 main components of love: passion and companion. Passionate love: associated with a physical and emotional longing for the other person (usually at the beginning of the relationship: feelings are associated with activity in brain areas related to physical reward and insula. Companion love: related to tenderness and to the affection we feel when our lives are intertwined with another person (long term relationships, more indicative of) Fmri: response to images of loves ones were stronger in dopamine rich areas part of the reward system (contain oxytocin receptors hormone related to feelings of trust and desire to be close to someone)
