HDFS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Emotional Expression
14 Dec 2018
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Reiss"s wheel theory of love includes four stages. The stages can be repeated many times. Sternberg"s triangular theory of love has three elements. Different degrees of the three elements for different types of love relationships. Love increasingly defined only in female terms. Myth that women need love more than men. Myth that women more skilled at love than men. Since 19th century - love defined in terms of characteristics that women tend to be more skilled at: Consistent with gender roles - men and women prefer different types of love. Out society - stresses expressive aspect of love and not instrumental; assumes that relationships and feelings unimportant to men. Females distinguish much more between liking and loving than men but when men are on love - tend to describe their feelings in more passionate terms. Men fall in love sooner and harder. Men remain in love longer than women. Women more likely to idealize the object of their affection.
