01:830:338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hikikomori, Adult Development, Vasopressin
28 May 2016
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Long transition period helps to correct problem trajectories. Significant individual variability in the sequence and timing of roles. Process of moving out of parents" home is more complex. Becoming spouse or partner: marital rates are decreasing, rates of cohabitation are increasing. Cohabitation: living together without marriage; national and international ethnic differences and patterns. International data show that the proportion of women between 18 and 75 years of age living in cohabitation relationships ranges from 25% in sweden to less than 1% in the philippines. Fisher"s (2004) mate selection model of distinct emotional systems: Lust system powered by androgens in both genders and sometimes viewed as accelerator of romantic love. Freud suggested that libido was foundation of all intimate relationships. Attraction associated with increased levels of dopamine and norepinephrine and decreased levels of serotonin (brain neurotransmitters). Patterns of brain activation for new romantic love different from those associated with sex drive.
