FMST 314 Exam #1 Questions with correct answers
Importance of Learning about Love - ✔✔1) embedded in relationships
2) Relationships based on: who we are, families; partners. time and place
3) societal perspectives/ values/ beliefs
Historical View of Love - ✔✔1) love was not considered as a part of marriage and
is irrational and would destroy a marriage
2) more about the economic value and the creation of alliances
Societal Perspectives/ Values/ Beliefs - ✔✔1) aim to agree with ppl
2) relationship should be easy going
3) traditional gender script
4) family or for individual
Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love - ✔✔1) Intimacy, Commitment, Passion
2) Can change overtime
3) arranged marriage: commitment -> liking -> passion
Intimacy - ✔✔1) Liking
2) the feelings of warmth, understanding, trust, support and sharing that often
characterize loving relationships
3) emotional, warmth
Commitment - ✔✔1) empty love
,2) feeling of permanence, stability, and the decisions to devote oneself to a
relationship and to work to maintain it
3) cognitive in nature, cool
Passion - ✔✔1) Infatuation
2) physical arousal, desire, excitement and need
3) takes the form of sexual longing, but any strong emotional need that is satisfied
by one's partner fits this
4) motive, heat
Companionate Love (Sternberg) - ✔✔1) Intimacy + Commitment
2) lots of work done for the relationship (deep, long term friendship)
3) long happy marriage
Fatuous Love - ✔✔1) Passion + Commitment
2) lacking substance
3) easy to do for a while but hard to maintain
4) might marry quickly
Romantic Love (Sternberg) - ✔✔1) Passion + Intimacy
2) often become committed to the romances
Consummate Love - ✔✔1) Intimacy + Passion + Commitment
2) people experience complete
3) many ppl seek but hard to maintain
,Three physiological systems respond different various aspects of love - ✔✔1)
distinct biological systems that control components of love experiences
2) lust, attraction, attachment
3) supports Sternberg's triangular theory of love
Lust - ✔✔1) the sex drive, regulated by the sex hormones
2) linked to reproduction
Attraction - ✔✔1) promotes the pursuit of a particular preferred romantic partner
2) drives pair bonding by fueling romantic love
3) dopamine (controls the feeling of reward)
Attachment - ✔✔1) feelings of comfort, security, and connection to a long term
mate
2) drives compassionate love
3) driven by oxytocin
Dopamine - ✔✔1) responsible for the excitement and exhilaration that occur
when we fall in love
2) explain why we stay up to talk to our partner when in love
Capilano River Bridge Experiment - ✔✔1) arousal can be positive (adrenaline fuels
love) or negative (misattribution of arousal)
, 2) the body cannot distinguish which type of arousal it is about and tend to
default that the arousal is positive
3) similar examples: scary movie on a date
Arousal - ✔✔1) physiological arousal (faster heart beat), coupled with
2) the belief that another person is the cause of your arousal
Thoughts and Love - ✔✔1) thoughts/ beliefs/ judgments are linked to love
2) people who love each other think about one another in different ways they
think about other people
Rubin's Love Scale (1983) - ✔✔1) Romantic love is multifaceted as it involves both
giving/ caring and taking/ dependence
2) can be a combination of all three but just with different levels but the levels
depend on what they want and give
3) intimacy, dependence, caring
Sternberg vs Rubin - ✔✔1) Intimacy is the same
2) Dependence (Rubin) = Passion (Sternberg)
3) Love involves caring while Sternberg did not address
Thoughts about our Partners - ✔✔1) people tend to view their partners in a
positive way
2) love can blind ppl (not seeing partner's faults or alternatives)
3) more likely to view ourselves positively (partners act like a mirror and allow us
to see different aspects of us)
Importance of Learning about Love - ✔✔1) embedded in relationships
2) Relationships based on: who we are, families; partners. time and place
3) societal perspectives/ values/ beliefs
Historical View of Love - ✔✔1) love was not considered as a part of marriage and
is irrational and would destroy a marriage
2) more about the economic value and the creation of alliances
Societal Perspectives/ Values/ Beliefs - ✔✔1) aim to agree with ppl
2) relationship should be easy going
3) traditional gender script
4) family or for individual
Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love - ✔✔1) Intimacy, Commitment, Passion
2) Can change overtime
3) arranged marriage: commitment -> liking -> passion
Intimacy - ✔✔1) Liking
2) the feelings of warmth, understanding, trust, support and sharing that often
characterize loving relationships
3) emotional, warmth
Commitment - ✔✔1) empty love
,2) feeling of permanence, stability, and the decisions to devote oneself to a
relationship and to work to maintain it
3) cognitive in nature, cool
Passion - ✔✔1) Infatuation
2) physical arousal, desire, excitement and need
3) takes the form of sexual longing, but any strong emotional need that is satisfied
by one's partner fits this
4) motive, heat
Companionate Love (Sternberg) - ✔✔1) Intimacy + Commitment
2) lots of work done for the relationship (deep, long term friendship)
3) long happy marriage
Fatuous Love - ✔✔1) Passion + Commitment
2) lacking substance
3) easy to do for a while but hard to maintain
4) might marry quickly
Romantic Love (Sternberg) - ✔✔1) Passion + Intimacy
2) often become committed to the romances
Consummate Love - ✔✔1) Intimacy + Passion + Commitment
2) people experience complete
3) many ppl seek but hard to maintain
,Three physiological systems respond different various aspects of love - ✔✔1)
distinct biological systems that control components of love experiences
2) lust, attraction, attachment
3) supports Sternberg's triangular theory of love
Lust - ✔✔1) the sex drive, regulated by the sex hormones
2) linked to reproduction
Attraction - ✔✔1) promotes the pursuit of a particular preferred romantic partner
2) drives pair bonding by fueling romantic love
3) dopamine (controls the feeling of reward)
Attachment - ✔✔1) feelings of comfort, security, and connection to a long term
mate
2) drives compassionate love
3) driven by oxytocin
Dopamine - ✔✔1) responsible for the excitement and exhilaration that occur
when we fall in love
2) explain why we stay up to talk to our partner when in love
Capilano River Bridge Experiment - ✔✔1) arousal can be positive (adrenaline fuels
love) or negative (misattribution of arousal)
, 2) the body cannot distinguish which type of arousal it is about and tend to
default that the arousal is positive
3) similar examples: scary movie on a date
Arousal - ✔✔1) physiological arousal (faster heart beat), coupled with
2) the belief that another person is the cause of your arousal
Thoughts and Love - ✔✔1) thoughts/ beliefs/ judgments are linked to love
2) people who love each other think about one another in different ways they
think about other people
Rubin's Love Scale (1983) - ✔✔1) Romantic love is multifaceted as it involves both
giving/ caring and taking/ dependence
2) can be a combination of all three but just with different levels but the levels
depend on what they want and give
3) intimacy, dependence, caring
Sternberg vs Rubin - ✔✔1) Intimacy is the same
2) Dependence (Rubin) = Passion (Sternberg)
3) Love involves caring while Sternberg did not address
Thoughts about our Partners - ✔✔1) people tend to view their partners in a
positive way
2) love can blind ppl (not seeing partner's faults or alternatives)
3) more likely to view ourselves positively (partners act like a mirror and allow us
to see different aspects of us)
