Lecture 17: Mate Selection: Physical Attraction, Love, and Relationships

I. Physical attractiveness and Mate Selection

Evolution versus Social Structure

II. Love

A. What is it?

1. Differences across cultures and over time

2. Feelings

3. Thoughts

Attachment

Caring

Trust & Self-Disclosure

4. Behaviors-- 7 kinds of things we do to show love:

B. Kinds of Love

1. Passionate

2. Companionate Love

3. Triangle Theory of Love

C. Ending Relationships: Costs/Rewards, Comparisons, and Equity