Romantic
Relationships
Relationships
__________ is the glue that holds a relationship together. It’s an action and a decision that involves moving from ‘me versus you’ thinking to choosing ‘we’ and ‘us’.
What is Commitment?
Powerful, passionate, the fastest moving type of love
What is Eros?
"An important factor in choosing my partner was whether he or she would be a good parent."
What is Pragma?
The euphoric stage.
What is intensifying communication?
"Single again" Restructuring of the person's life
What is Resurrection?
These three dimensions make up romantic love
What is commitment, intimacy, and passion?
Playful love, the fun is in the chase
What is Ludus?
Extreme emotional mood swings and obsession
What is Mania?
Common dating activities in the third stage include going to parties or other publicly structured events, such as movies or a concert, that foster interaction and self-disclosure.
What is Explorational Communication?
This stage focuses on a person's internal thought process that occurs before confronting the partner.
What is intrapsychic stage?
In a long-term relationship, _______ love typically simmers down to ________ love within one to two years.
What is passionate? What is compassionate?
"I can get over love affairs pretty easily and quickly."
What is Ludus or Ludic love style?
"When my partner does not pay attention to me, I feel sick all over."
What is Mania?
In this stage, it's important to begin paying attention the relationship level of meaning.
"I really like this music" on the content level means they like the music. But on the relationship level, it means they want to interact with you.
What is invitational communication?
Having left their partner, both sides construct their version of why their relationship broke down, usually minimizing their faults and maximizing their partner's, but at the same time trying to show themselves as trustworthy and loyal in order to attract a new partner.
What is Grave-dressing?
________ attached individuals tend to form deeper, longer-lasting love while those who are _________ attached tend to fall in and out of love quickly.
What is securely and anxiously?
"Our love is really a deep friendship, not a mysterious, mystical emotion."
What is Storge?
"I would endure all things for the sake of my partner."
What is Agape?
Here, people may recognize the faults of the other person.
What is revising communication?
Once the conflict reaches this stage, it is more difficult for a couple to mend their relationship: friends and family will take sides, intervene in the couple's relationship and offer advice, which makes reconciliation much more problematic.
What is the social phase?
Will smith referenced the ________ ______ paradigm to describe how when you truly love someone, you should create an environment which allows them to flourish.
What is the gardener flower paradigm?
What style of love is expressed in the Titanic?
What is Eros?
It may be somewhat unromantic and is sometimes described as "shopping list" love because a partner is selected on the basis of a series of traits or requirements.
What is Pragma?
It is here that you might plan all of your free time together, and begin to create a private relational culture.
What is intensifying communication?
Breakdown of patterns and rules, stop doing the little things.
What is Dyadic processes?
As the poet, Maya Angelou, explains, “Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.” The ‘shades of deeper meaning’ are the __________ _____ messages that invite others to continue exploring a possible romantic relationship.
What are relational level?