PSYC2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unconditionally
Document Summary
Six types: companionate love, friendship, passionate love, emotional and physically expressed, game-playing love, playing love game and relationships end when partner gets too boring or serious, possessive love. Jealousy and obsession, emotionally intense: selfless love, unconditionally caring, giving and forgiving. Logical love: love shopping for a suitable mate who seeks contentment rather than excitement. Intelligence 2 million: country 20 million, gender 10 million, values and interests 200,000, attractiveness 40,000, meet them 8, single 4, wants long term 2. Geographical proximity: biggest predictor of whether people end up together or not, the more you"re exposed to something, the more you like it - mere exposure, get to know each-other in non-threatening way. Height: taller men, seen to be smarter, are also seen to have more leadership potential, earn more money. Facial symmetry: favoured over faces that are not symmetrical, potentially a sign of genetic health, also potentially a sign of low environmental damage and stress.
