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Love And Mate Selection Flashcards

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Narcissistic love

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Love of self, selfish, self-centered love

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Limerence

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A term used by Tennov to describe the intense wildly emotional highs and lows of being in love

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Conscious love

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Rational, reasoning love.

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Dopamine

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A neurotransmitter that functions in the parts of the brain that controls emotion and bodily movements

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Norepinephrine

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A hormone secreted by the adrenal glands that has a stimulating effect on blood pressure and acts as a neurotransmitter

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Oxytocin

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A neurotransmitter that produces feelings of attachment and union with someone, a “cuddle chemical”

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Vasopressin

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A neurotransmitter that produces feelings of attachment and union with someone, a “cuddle chemical”

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Companion love

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A type of love characterized by warmth, affection, and commitment

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Endorphins

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Chemical neurotransmitters that have a sedative effect on the body and can give a sense of tranquility

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Erotic love

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Sexual, sensual love.

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Dependent love

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Love that one develops for someone who fulfills one’s needs.

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D-love

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Term used by Maslow for deficiency–love, which develops when another person meets one’s needs.

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B-love

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Term used by Maslow for being-love, which is love for the very being and uniqueness of another person.

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Friendship love

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I love based on common concerns and interests, companionship, and respect for the partners personality and character

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Altruistic love

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Unselfish concern for the welfare of another.

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Consummate love

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A term used by Sternberg to describe love as a combination of intimacy, passion, and commitment.

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Parent image theory

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A theory of mate selection that a person is likely to marry someone resembling his or her parents of the opposite sex.

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Ideal mate theory

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A theory that people tend to marry someone who fulfills the fantasy of what an ideal mate should be like, based partly on early childhood experiences.

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Needs theories

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theories of mate selection proposing that we select partners who will fulfill our own needs both complementary and instrumental.

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Propinquity

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In mate selection, the tendency to choose someone who is geographically near.

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Homogamy

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The selection of a partner who is similar to oneself.

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Heterogamy

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The selection of a partner who is different from one self.

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Endogamy

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Marriage within a particular group.

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Exogamy

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Marriage outside a particular group.

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Compatibility

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The capability of living together in harmony.

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Filtering process

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A process by which mates are sorted by filtering out in eligibles according to various standards.

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Hypergamous Union

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Marriage in which one spouse Marries upward on the social ladder.

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Hypogamous

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Marriage in which one spouse Marries downword on the social ladder.

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Consanguinity

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The state of being related by blood, having dissent from a common ancestor.

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Affinity

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A relationship formed by marriage without ties of blood.

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Common-law marriage

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A marriage by mutual consent, without a license or ceremony, recognized as legal under certain conditions by some states.

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Void marriage

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A marriage considered invalid in the first place because it was illegal.

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Voidable marriage

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A marriage that can be set aside by annulment under certain prescribed legal circumstances.

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Rites of passage

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Ceremonies by which people pass from one social status to another.

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Romantic love

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A profoundly tender or passionate affection for another person characterized by intense feeling and emotion

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