Chapter 8: Love

Research conducted on companionate love suggests that oxytocin may encourage ____

enduring attachments to those who become associated with its presences in the bloodstream

In the context of romantic love, even though fantasy enhances romance, it ____

erodes with time and experience

When compared to men, women are more selective about whom they love and ____

feel passion more slowly

Researchers who compared spouses in their sixties to those in their forties, found that, with age, some of the burning, urgent, emotional intensity that leads young people to marry seems to dwindle with time to be replaced with a ____

more genial and more mature outlook on love

Compared to insecure people, secure people have ____

more intimate, more positive, and more satisfying interactions with their lovers

____ required knights to seek love as a noble quest and was very idealistic, very elegant and, in theory, nonsexual

Courtly love

People who are high in avoidance tend to be ____

close-mouthed, telling their partners relatively little about their feelings and desires

Match Robert Sternberg's components of love with their characteristics

1. Commitment: Cognitive 2. Intimacy: Emotional 3. Passion: Motive or drive

In the context of the types of love experiences suggested by sociologist John Alan Lee, match the types of love experienced with their characteristics

1. Eros: People are likely to be heavily influenced by physical appearance and believe in love at first sight 2. Ludus: People treat love as an uncommitted game and are frickle 3. Storge: People seek genuine friendships that gradually lead to real commitment 4. Mania: People are demanding and possessive and full of vivid fantasy and obsession 5. Apage: People are giving, altruistic, and selfless, and treat love as a duty 6. Pragma: People dispassionately seek partners who will logically be a good match for them

Match the categories of love with the reasons for their occurrence as proposed by Robert Sternberg

1. Nonlove: When intimacy, passion, and commitment are all absent 2. Liking: When intimacy is high but passion and commitment are very low 3: Infatuation: When strong passion is present in the absence of intimacy or commitment 4. Empty love: When commitment is present without intimacy or passion

Based on Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love, match the types of love with their features

1. Romantic love: High intimacy and passion occur together 2. Companionate love: Intimacy and commitment combine 3. Fatuous love: Passion and commitment are present in the absence of intimacy 4. Consummate love: Intimacy, passion, and commitment are all present to a substantial degree

Based on Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love, match the types of love with their features

1. Romantic love: High intimacy and passion occur together 2. Companionate love: Intimacy and commitment combine 3. Passion and commitment are present in the absence of intimacy 4. Intimacy, passion, and commitment are all present to a substantial degree

Based on Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love, match the complex states of love with their description

1. Romantic love: It is considered a combination of liking and infatuation, and Sternberg argues that commitment is not its defining characteristic 2. Companionate love: It couples closeness, communication, and sharing with substantial investment in a relationship as the partners work to maintain a deep, long-term friendship 3. Fatuous love: It usually occurs in whirlwind courtships in which two partners marry quickly on the basis of overwhelming passion but do not know (or necessarily like) each other very well 4. Consummate love: It is the type of love many people seek, and Sternberg suggests that is easy to do for a while but hard to maintain over time

Based on Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love, match the complex states of love with their descriptions

1. Romantic love: It is considered of liking and infatuation, and Sternberg argues that commitment is not its defining characteristic 2. Companionate love: It couples closeness, communication, and sharing with substantial investment in a relationship as the partners work to maintain a deep, long-term friendship 3. Fatuous love: It usually occurs in whirlwind courtships in which two partners marry quickly on the basis of overwhelming passion but do not know (or necessarily like) each other very well 4. Consummate love: It is the type of love many people seek, and Stemberg suggests that it is easy to do for a while but hard to maintain over time

Which of the following factors drives the pair-bonding by fueling romantic love, which is regulated by the levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine in specific regions of the brain?

Attraction

According to Elaine Hatfield and Ellen Berscheid's two-factor perspective on passionate attraction, romantic love is produced, or at least intensified, when feelings of arousal are associated with the presence of ____

another attractive person

According to Davila and Kashy, when their partners are nervous and need support, insecure people ____

are less effective caregivers

As per research, unlike women, men are more likely to ____

believe that it is possible to experience love at first sight, and they tend to fall in love faster

A type of love in which intimacy and passion are correlated that may help to keep one's passion alive by being good friends is referred to as ____

companionate love

The triangular theory of love suggests that intimacy and commitment combine to form ____

companionate love

A type of love that combines the trust and understanding of intimacy with compassion and caring that involves empathy, selflessness, and sacrifice on behalf of the beloved is known as ____

compassionate love

People who are avoidant of intimacy are more ____

distant and detached, and their passion is more impersonal

According to Van Steenbergen, when one is fascinated and preoccupied with a lover, he or she may have difficulty ____

focusing and concentration on anyone or anything else

In the ludus style of love experience, as offered by John Alan Lee, a person is ____

interested in having multiple reactions at the same time

Compassionate love is highly correlated with experiences of romantic love and companionate love in that they all have ____

intimacy in common

According to Robert Sternberg, the three different building blocks that combine to form different types of love are ____

intimacy, passion, and commitment