Human Sexuality Today Chapter Twelve

Revealing self-relevant information (one's thoughts, feelings, and emotions) to another.

self-disclosure

Which quality did studies find that men and women ranked as the one they desire the most in a friend?

sense of humor

A study found that people in the early phases of "falling in love" had the same level of __________ as people with obsessive compulsive disorder.

serotonin

Generally, men and women prefer their potential dates or spouses to have lower, rather than higher, levels of prior _________ experience.

sexual

An affectionate type of love that grows from friendship.

storge

Which love style feels sick all over if it is paired with a partner that does not pay attention to them?

Manic love

The state of loving another person; a sturdy, affectionate love that develops over time and is based on closeness, intimacy, and commitment.

companionate love

The Passionate Love Scale is useful for _____________ ____________, but it is not meant to serve as a ____________ ______________?

conducting research, diagnostic tool.

A love found only in relationships that include intimacy, passion, and commitment

consummate love

One of the three basic components in Sternberg's theory of love; the decision that one loves another person and the commitment to maintain that relationship over time.

decision/commitment

Process in which partners become less involved in each other's lives and withdraw from the relationship.

disengagement

Passionate lovers report feelings of euphoria coupled with heightened energy and sleeplessness. These same experiences are associated with increased concentrations of __________ in the brain.

dopamine

According to Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love, which component refers to those feelings in a relationship that reflect warmth, closeness or bondedness, and other positive emotions?

intimacy

One of the three basic components in Sternberg's theory of love; those feelings in a relationship that promote closeness or bondedness, warmth, and other positive emotional experiences.

intimacy

An emotional state that is aroused by a perceived threat to a valued relationship or position.

jealousy

A type of relationship characterized by feelings of intimacy without passion or decision/commitment

liking

Which love style is turned off by a partner which is overly dependent?

ludic love

A self-centered type of love. Ludic lovers avoid commitment and treat love as a game, often viewing the chase as more pleasurable than the prize.

ludus

A type of jealous, obsessive love characterized by an intense emotional dependency on the attention and affection of one's lover.

mania

The type of love that characterizes most casual relationships, in which there are low levels of intimacy, passion, and decision/commitment

nonlove

One thing that almost everyone engages in during a breakup is __________, a "constant, absorbing, sometimes maddening preoccupation that refuses to accept any conclusion."

obsessive review

Accepting the partner's strengths and weaknesses while having an overly positive, idealized view of the relationship itself.

realistic idealism

We tend to be attracted to and like people who we believe will respond positively to our attempts to initiate an interaction or a relationship. This factor is known as __________.

receptivity

Pretending to be more upset than one truly is is a ___________ conflict solving strategy?

"negative"

Presenting alternatives is a _____________ conflict solving strategy?

"positive"

What percentage of remarriages in the United States end in divorce or permanent separation?

36%

What percentage of first marriages in the United States end in divorce or permanent separation?

45%

__________ is a sturdy, affectionate love that develops over time and is based on closeness, intimacy, and commitment.

Companionate love

According to Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love, which includes the decision to love another person and the commitment to maintain the relationship over time.

Decision/commitment

A type of love relationship that results when commitment is made on the basis of passion without the experience of intimacy; leads to whirlwind romances that usually end when the passion starts to fade

Fatuous love

Which is a characteristic of "pure love" as identified by Andreas Capellanus?

It grows stronger over time.

A love experience in which two people are drawn together physically and emotionally; this type of love has high intimacy and passion but commitment has not yet developed

Romantic love

What love style cannot be happy unless the partner's happiness before my own.

agapic love

According to Sternberg, the combination of intimacy and decision/commitment without high levels of passion forms __________.

companionate love

The combination of intimacy and commitment without high levels of passion; based on togetherness, trust, sharing, and affection

companionate love

What are the basic features of companionate love?

a relatively slow onset, durability or permanence, closeness or interdependence, and feelings of affection, intimacy, and commitment.

A type of selfless, altruistic love that puts the interest of the loved person ahead of one's own, even if it means great sacrifice.

agape

According to John Lee, __________ is a type of selfless, altruistic love that puts the interest of the loved person ahead of one's own, even if it means great sacrifice.

agape

When partners become less involved in each other's lives and activities this is ____________ ______________?

behavioral distancing

A relationship in which the partners are highly interdependent.

close relationship

When Partners begin to pay less attention to one another it is referred to as ____________ ________________?

cognitive disconnection

When Partners no longer feel any positive or negative emotion for each other this referred to as _____________ ______________?

emotional indifference

Commitment without intimacy or passion; often the first stage in arranged marriages

empty love

___________ relationships are those in which partners have an equal ratio of positive-to-negative outcomes.

equitable

Relationship in which partners have an equal ratio of positive-to-negative outcomes; a balanced relationship.

equitable relationship

Passionate love; a type of love characterized by immediate sexual attraction or physical ''chemistry,'' emotional intensity, and a sense of intimate connection.

eros

What love style is not satisfied unless the right physical chemistry between partners.

erotic love

_________ __________is a highly passionate, intensely emotional form of love that is strongly based on physical attraction.

erotic love

Responding less positively to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it.

habituation

A love that results when passion is felt in the absence of intimacy and commitment, where the lover is obsessed with the other person as an ideal

infatuated love

A study conducted in the United States in the early to mid-1960s found that __________ of men surveyed indicated that being in love was not a necessity for marriage.

one third

Companionate love is thought to be associated with what neuropeptides _____________ and _________________?

oxytocin and vasopressin

According to Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love, which component refers to drives involved in physical attraction, sexual desire and activity, and romance?

passion

One of the three basic components in Sternberg's theory of love; the drives involved in physical attraction, sexual desire and activity, and romance.

passion

A relatively brief life span is a basic feature of what form of love?

passionate love

Commonly known as being or falling "in love" with someone; theorists characterize this as an intense, emotional, sexually-charged, and usually fleeting type of love

passionate love

The state of being in love with another person; a usually short-lived type of romantic love characterized by intense emotions, sexual attraction, cognitive preoccupation, and idealization of the partner.

passionate love

Some scientists believe that romantic relationships may even progress in a linear fashion from __________ love to __________ love.

passionate; companionate

According to German physician and pioneering sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing, which type of love is based on compatibility?

platonic love

This type of marriage in which one woman is married to multiple husbands is an example of __________.

polyandry

A man who is married to more than one woman is an example of ____________?

polygyny

A rational or practical type of love. Pragmatic lovers actively look for a ''good match.''

pragma

Which love style stops to considered what their partner was going to become in life before they can committed themself to him/her."

pragmatic love

Contemporary relationship scholars have increasingly adopted a __________ in which they collect large quantities of information from people in ongoing relationships

psychometric approach

Method for identifying types of love that exist; uses statistical methods to determine the types of love people experience by analyzing their love-related thoughts, behaviors, and events.

psychometric approach to love

Type of love experienced for romantic partners; commonly divided into two subtypes called passionate love and companionate love.

romantic love

An affectionate type of love that develops from friendship slowly over time

storgic love

What love style is more likely than not to develop slowly out of a pre-existent friendship

storgic love

___________ _____________is an affectionate type of love that develops from friendship slowly over time

storgic love