Attraction, Love, and Partnerships | |
Learning ObjectivesAfter completing this chapter, you should be able to:
Contrast secure, ambivalent, and avoidant attachment styles. |
Explain the factors that attract one person to the another. |
List five unrealistic beliefs about romantic relationships. |
Explain the basis of infatuation and how infatuation differs from love. |
Explain the nature and benefits of intimate relationships. |
Explain the behavioral, psychoanalytic, and humanistic views of love. |
List and describe John Lee's six love styles. |
Contrast passionate love with companionate love. |
Explain how culture and gender influence views on love. |
Explain Steinberg's "triangle of love." |
Describe differences and similarities among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual relationships. |
Describe relationships between love and honesty and between love and sex. |
Explain why some people are unable to love. |
Explain the causes of excessive dependency and jealousy destroy relationships. |
List the common steps in the disintegration of relationships. |
Explain how breakups can be handled to minimize distress for each partner. |
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