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Flashcards by andreaarose, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Evolutionary fitness | Potential to pass on your genes and survive to mating years. |
| Polygamy | Several members of one sex mating with one individual. |
| Polygyny | Several females mate with one male - 90%. |
| Polyandry | Males with one female |
| Monogamy | Partnership based on a permanent tie. |
| Sexual choosiness | Sex which bears the most reproductive costs = choosier |
| Sexual dimorphism | Pronounced difference in the structures of two sexes. |
| Biological basis of monogamy | Co-occurence of oxytocin and dopamine in nucleus accumbens. |
| Oxytocin | Attachment hormone |
| Dopamine | Reward neurotransmitter |
| Sociometer theory | Self esteem is a gauge of interpersonal relationships. |
| Harlow's monkeys | Monkeys that were socially isolated. |
| Attachment theory | How infants become emotionally attached to caregivers. |
| Imprinting | Basic form of attachment bond, occurs shortly after birth. |
| Adult attachment | Use partner for support, proximity and as a secure base. |
| Attachment styles | Think of attachment in two dimensions: attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety. |
| Secure attachment | Believes in love, caregivers are responsive and caring. |
| Anxious ambivalent | Preoccupying, exciting struggle to merge with someone else. They have a mix of positive and negative experiences of caregivers. |
| Avoidant | Fear of closeness, self is independent. Caregivers are cold and rejecting. |
| Self expansion theory | Information about close others is closely associated with self information - inclusion of other in self. |
| Interdependant theory/investment model | Components of commitment are: satisfaction, quality of alternatives and resource investment. |
| Commitment | = high satisfaction + low quality of alternatives + high resource investment. |
| Reward/cost ratio | Ratio of positive to negative feedback that partners give in a relationship |
| Companionate love | Feelings of intimacy and affection, without sexual arousal. |
| Passionate love | Feelings of intense longing for a person with physiological arousal. |
| Positive illusions | Idealization of close others, seeing them as more positive as they see themselves. |
| Cooperative dilemmas | When one partner behaves destructively, it is better to focus on long term goals instead of short term self serving goals. |
| What couples do well | Married after 20, 2 parent homes, did not live together and have sex often. |
| Novel experiences | Sharing new experiences together and exploration of environment with partner as secure base. |
| Why relationships fail | Low equity, lack of positive illusions, low interdependance. |
| Neurochemical basis of rejection | Neurological experience of physical pain - anterior cingulate cortex and right ventral prefrontal cortex. |
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