Attraction, Love, and Partnerships |  |
Learning ObjectivesAfter completing this chapter, you should be able to:
| Contrast secure, ambivalent, and avoidant attachment styles. |
| Explain the factors that attract one person to the another. |
| List five unrealistic beliefs about romantic relationships. |
| Explain the basis of infatuation and how infatuation differs from love. |
| Explain the nature and benefits of intimate relationships. |
| Explain the behavioral, psychoanalytic, and humanistic views of love. |
| List and describe John Lee's six love styles. |
| Contrast passionate love with companionate love. |
| Explain how culture and gender influence views on love. |
| Explain Steinberg's "triangle of love." |
| Describe differences and similarities among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual relationships. |
| Describe relationships between love and honesty and between love and sex. |
| Explain why some people are unable to love. |
| Explain the causes of excessive dependency and jealousy destroy relationships. |
| List the common steps in the disintegration of relationships. |
| Explain how breakups can be handled to minimize distress for each partner. |
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