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Secure attachment style
Have positive views of relationships, find it easy to get close to others, not overly concerned/stressed about romantic relationships
Tend to enjoy sexuality in context of committed relationship. Less likely to have 1 night stands
Avoidant attachment style
Hesitant about getting involved in romantic relationships.
Once they are in one, tend to distance themself from their partner.
Anxious attachment style
Demand closeness, less trusting, more emotional, jealous and possessive
Intimacy vs Isolation
Finding oneself while losing oneself in another person. It requires commitment to another person.
Balance bw intimacy + commitments, independence and freedom.
We can't meet the intimacy crisis without doing the identify crisis.
(If u dont know who you are, the relationship can fall apart bc you don't know what you want)
Only stage where this happens. Wont be able to have generativity and regret your life. Identity establishes the rest of the stuff.
Romantic Love
Strong sexual desire and infatuation components. Passionate. Involve passion, fear, anger, sexual desire, joy, jealousy.
Predominates in early period of a love relationship.
Affectionate Love
Companionate love. When someone desires to have the other person near and has deep, caring affection for that person.
Usually comes after, once the fiery emotions have dissolved. It can end in this, or end in distance and boredom, eventual end of relationship.
Sternbergs Triarchic Theory of Love
3 dimensions. Passion, intimacy and commitment.
Passion- physical and sexual attraction
Intimacy - warmth, closeness, sharing
Commitment- intent to maintain relationship in the face of problems
Types of love are infatuation, affectionate, fatuous, and consummate
Consummate Love
Strongest, fullest form of love. Involves all 3 dimensions.
Infatuation
Passion is the only ingredient.
Examples include affairs or flings where theres little commitment or intimacy
High intimacy and commitment but low/lacking in passion.
Found in couples who have been married for many years
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