Summary: Interpersonal Relationships And Wellbeing

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• 1 introduction

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• Which quiz is about independent and interdependent self-construal?

  The 30-item Self-Construal scale. Which measures how people view themselves in relation to others.

• What is the Color Wheel Theory of love?

  • The theory describes six styles of love, using several of the Latin and Greek words for love.
  • Just as there are three primary colors, Lee suggested that there are three primary styles of love: eros, ludus and storge

• There are also secondary styles to Lee's color wheel analogy. There are 3 of them. What are they called?

  
  

  1. Mania (Eros + Ludos) – Obsessive love
  2. Pragma (Ludos + Storge) – Realistic and practical love
  3. Agape (Eros + Storge) – Selfless love

• 2 the triangular theory of love (Stenberg)

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• What is the main principle of the triangular theory of love?

  That the amount of love one experiences depends on the absolute strength of these three components, and the type of love one experiences depends on their strengths relative to each other." And that a relationship based on a single element is less likely to survive than one based on two or three elements.

• Which components does companionate love have?

  Intimacy+commintment (no passion)
  

  • is a long term, stable, intimate, non-passionate committed type of love
  • exmp. Long term marriage without passion

• Which component does infatuation love have?

  Just passion (no commitment or intimacy)
  
  is a “love at first sight” that is characterized by extreme attraction in the absence of any real emotional intimacy and decision/ commitment. Without developing intimacy or commitment, infatuated love may disappear suddenly; if intimacy develops over time it may become romantic love. 

• Which components does consummate love have?

  results from the combination of all three components and it is the complete form of love, representing an ideal relationship which people strive but which apparently few achieve

• Which components does fatuous love have?

  is based on passion rather than on deep emotional intimacy. E.g. a couple meets on day X, gets engaged two weeks later, and marries the next month. These “whirlwind” relationships are typically unstable and at risk for termination.

• 3 Theories of attachment

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• Bowlby viewed the first 3 years of a newborn, since these years are a very sensitive period for attachment. He saw 4 phases of attachment. Which are they?

  1. Preattachment Phase (Birth-6 weeks)
     
  2. 'Attachment in Making Phase (6 weeks - 6 to 8 months)
  3. Clear Cut attachment phase (6 to 8 month - 18 months to 2 years): separation anxiety & mother as a secure base
  4. Formation of reciprocal relationship (18 months- 2 years and so on)

• A child has an innate need to attach to one main figure. And a child should receive this care for at least the first two years of life. If this doesn't happen the child could get... And what are the consequences of this?

  Maternal deprivation. Consequences:
  
  

  • reduced intelligence, 
    
  • increased aggression, 
    
  • depression