SPC 3301 FINAL VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
3 components of love (sternberg) - Answers - 1. Intimacy (emotional)
2. Passion (motivation)
3. Commitment (cognitive)
What if a component is missing? - Answers - Intimacy only = liking relationship
Passion only = infatuation
Commitment only = empty love
Having all 3 = Complete/Consumate love
Types of love - Answers - Eros - sensuous and erotic
Ludus - it is a game (self controlled and exciting, not taken to seriously)
Storge - companionship
Pragma - practical
Mania - obsessive/possesive
Agape - self giving, altruistic, spiritual
Chapman 5 love languages - Answers - words of affirmation
acts of service
receiving gifts
quality time
physical touch
Moghaddam finding on arranged marriage - Answers - They work. couples reported a
greater intensity of love (some argue this is because they have less options)
How do we know if we're in love? (shacter) - Answers - Love is arousal - we feel
passion and label it as love
Love is imprinting - when it is time, we fall in love (fate)
3 marital/relationship typs - Answers - traditional, independent and separates
Traditional - Answers - tradition sex roles
few power struggles
few conflicts
same beleifs
perceive themselves as well adjusted and permenant
low risk
independents - Answers - stress individuality
do not ritualize time together
high s-d/high risk
, androgynous
open conflict w/o fear
separates - Answers - the relationship is a matter of convenience
little desire to be together
avoid conflict
only together at ritual functions
share little
need space
conflicts take form as personal attack
communication patterns - Answers - equality
balanced split
unbalanced split
monopoly pattern
equality pattern (100/100) - Answers - equally communication transactions
equal in decision making
extremely symmetrical
balanced split pattern (50/50) - Answers - each person has authority over their own
domain
unbalanced split pattern (60/40 ; 80/20) - Answers - one person is in power
one looks to the other for answers
one has control more than half the time
monopoly pattern (100/0) - Answers - one person has authority while the other has no
voice
child like
Why do primary relationships break up? - Answers - When one starts to resent their or
their partners role
unwilling to adjust
why do primary relationships stay together? - Answers - emotional attachment
convenience
fear
intertia/complacency (status quo)
Primary relatationship vs family - Answers - primary = (two principle parties) couple
family = larger constellation of individuals associated with the principle parties
contemporary types of families - Answers - -cohabiting couples
-couples with no children
-nuclear family
3 components of love (sternberg) - Answers - 1. Intimacy (emotional)
2. Passion (motivation)
3. Commitment (cognitive)
What if a component is missing? - Answers - Intimacy only = liking relationship
Passion only = infatuation
Commitment only = empty love
Having all 3 = Complete/Consumate love
Types of love - Answers - Eros - sensuous and erotic
Ludus - it is a game (self controlled and exciting, not taken to seriously)
Storge - companionship
Pragma - practical
Mania - obsessive/possesive
Agape - self giving, altruistic, spiritual
Chapman 5 love languages - Answers - words of affirmation
acts of service
receiving gifts
quality time
physical touch
Moghaddam finding on arranged marriage - Answers - They work. couples reported a
greater intensity of love (some argue this is because they have less options)
How do we know if we're in love? (shacter) - Answers - Love is arousal - we feel
passion and label it as love
Love is imprinting - when it is time, we fall in love (fate)
3 marital/relationship typs - Answers - traditional, independent and separates
Traditional - Answers - tradition sex roles
few power struggles
few conflicts
same beleifs
perceive themselves as well adjusted and permenant
low risk
independents - Answers - stress individuality
do not ritualize time together
high s-d/high risk
, androgynous
open conflict w/o fear
separates - Answers - the relationship is a matter of convenience
little desire to be together
avoid conflict
only together at ritual functions
share little
need space
conflicts take form as personal attack
communication patterns - Answers - equality
balanced split
unbalanced split
monopoly pattern
equality pattern (100/100) - Answers - equally communication transactions
equal in decision making
extremely symmetrical
balanced split pattern (50/50) - Answers - each person has authority over their own
domain
unbalanced split pattern (60/40 ; 80/20) - Answers - one person is in power
one looks to the other for answers
one has control more than half the time
monopoly pattern (100/0) - Answers - one person has authority while the other has no
voice
child like
Why do primary relationships break up? - Answers - When one starts to resent their or
their partners role
unwilling to adjust
why do primary relationships stay together? - Answers - emotional attachment
convenience
fear
intertia/complacency (status quo)
Primary relatationship vs family - Answers - primary = (two principle parties) couple
family = larger constellation of individuals associated with the principle parties
contemporary types of families - Answers - -cohabiting couples
-couples with no children
-nuclear family
