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Menu3/27/07: 

Menu 3/27/07 Announcements Another approach to friendships More on love Sexuality, sexual behavior and aging Same sex partners and aging Personality

Attachment Theory: 

Attachment Theory How individuals approach close relationships Patterns developed in childhood last through childhood and aging The research The model: Infants seek attention and protection of caregivers. Different patterns lead to three types of attachment The types Secure Avoidant Anxious or anxious-ambivalent

Love : 

Love Three components of love Intimacy Feelings of closeness, connectedness, bondedness; an emotional investment Passion Romance, physical attraction, sexual communication; motivational, arousal Commitment Short -term: the decision that one loves someone Long-term: the commitment to maintain that love cognitive decision

Eight kinds of love: 

Eight kinds of love Non-love No intimacy, passion nor commitment Liking Intimacy, neither passion nor commitment Infatuated love Passion, neither intimacy nor commitment Empty love Commitment, neither intimacy nor passion

Eight kinds of love (continued): 

Eight kinds of love (continued) Romantic love Intimacy , passion but no commitment Companionate love Intimacy, commitment but no passion Fatuous love Passion, commitment but no intimacy Consummate love Intimacy passion and commitment

Marriage: 

Marriage Age related changes in marriage Predictors of lasting marriages Predictors of divorce Non-marriage Same sex partnerships

Sexuality and aging: 

Sexuality and aging Some data Factors that influence sexual activity Long term residence and sexual activity

Some definitions of Personality: 

Some definitions of Personality 1. the totality of somebody’s attitudes, interests, behavioral patterns, emotional responses, social roles, and other individual traits that endure over long periods of time 2. the distinctive or very noticeable characteristics that make somebody socially appealing 3. an individual regarded as epitomizing particular character traits 4. the quality of existing as a person

More: 

More Personality refers to an unobservable quality that is considered to be a factor in a person’s observable behavior It can be measured only indirectly Personality is conceptualized as an organized distinctive pattern of behavior that characterizes an individual It includes physical, cognitive, emotional, and social characteristics or components

Some characteristics of traits: 

Some characteristics of traits Generalized dispositions that endure over time Do not determine single specific behaviors Traits are proactive General traits are manifested by different behaviors that occur at different times in the life span

Resilience: 

Resilience The capacity for recovery and maintained adaptive behavior that may follow initial retreat or incapacity upon initiating a stressful event (Garmezy) The positive role of individual differences in people’s response to stress and adversity(Rutter) Two types of resilience Maintenance of of normal development despite risks and impairments Recovery of normal functioning after a traumatic experience