PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Webbed Neck, Gender Role, Strain Gauge

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Anne Merriwether

Document Summary

Are there gender differences in love: francesca cansion- men and women have different styles, Expressive- talking and sinning about love, expressing feelings, steaming bathroom and write on mirror, romeo and juliet, cultural description. Instrumental- activity based love, doing things together, sex, going to the movies, picnics, dinner. Triangle (sternberg) instrumental: passion- desire, intensity, intimacy- sharing feelings, emotional state, commitment- long term, empty love- sticking it out for children. Hookups: normative: 70, sexual contact, on average, men and women have higher positive emotions after a hookup (82% & 57%). Adults sexual behaviors and attitudes are not like those depicted in popular media. Americans don"t have sex as often as tv personalities. Sexual partners tend to be alike in many ways, age, education and ethnicity: differences in tv are interesting. Meet in conventional ways through social networks, social media: tv meet in strange ways, earthquake, elevator. Only 1/3 of 18-59 yr olds have intercourse as often as twice a week.