Briefly explain the two component theory of love.
What will be an ideal response?
Social psychologists Ellen Berscheid and Elaine propose a two-component theory of love. According to their theory, passionate love occurs when two conditions exist simultaneously: (1) the person is in a state of intense physiological arousal, and (2) the situation is such that the person applies a particular label-"love"-to the sensations being experienced. Their theory is derived from an important theory developed by Stanley Schachter (1964). According to Schachter's (1964) two-component theory of emotion, an emotion consists of a physiological arousal state plus the label the person assigns to it. Berscheid and Walster have applied this to the emotion of "love." They suggest that we feel passionate love when we are aroused and when conditions are such that we identify what we are feeling as love.
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a. estrogen c. oxytocin b. testosterone d. progesterone
On the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), Emotional Relations tasks fall within the
a) Managing Branch. b) Facilitating Branch. c) Understanding Branch. d) Perceiving Branch.
Dylan, who is four years old, likes to fondle himself when he is feeling stressed or trying to go to sleep. He normally carries out this behavior when he is alone or in a private place. Which of the following statements concerning Dylan's behavior is true?
A. His self-stimulation is sexually motivated. B. He is displaying behavior that is abnormal for his age. C. He is engaging in self-stimulation for sensual purposes. D. His behavior will cause physical harm to his body. E. He is displaying behavior that is harmful toward others.
According to the National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS) data, which of the following is true of mouth-genital techniques in marital sex?
A. Women who have attended college are more likely to refrain from mouth-genital techniques than women who did not complete high school. B. Much larger percentages of women over age 50 as compared to those under 50 have given or received oral sex in their lifetime. C. Less than 5 percent of women had stimulated their partners orally. D. A majority of women reported that their partners had stimulated their genitals orally.