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11th and 12th Grade - IB Psychology
Love and Attraction
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11th and 12th Grade - IB Psychology: Love and Attraction
Intro
MAGEC Debates
Memory
Intergroup Conflict
Love and Attraction
Mental Health
HL Extensions
The role of communication in personal relationships
Communication and the 4 horsemen of relationship apocalypse
RAPID COUPLES INTERACTION SCORING SYSTEM (R-CISS) (MAXIMALLY DISCRIMINATIVE SCALE)
Amended version of the Couples Interaction
Scoring System
The Timing of a Divorce: Predicting When a Couple Will Divorce Over a 14-Year Period
"This paper investigates divorce in a long-term, prospective longitudinal study."
Gottmans love lab- Gladwell Blink extract
Communication and the 4 horsemen of relationship apocalypse
Neurotransmitters and their effect on behaviour
The Neurochemistry of Love
"Love is a cocktail of brain chemicals: dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphin"
Acculturation
Acculturation
Acculturation topic summary notes
Evolutionary explanations for behaviour
Evolution: Parental Investment theory (Trivers 1972)
Sexual Strategies Theory
"An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Mating"
The Evolution of Gender Roles
How evolutionary theory has been used to explain the development of gender roles
Gender Differences in Receptivity to Sexual Offers
Men are more likely to accept offers of casual sex than women.
Are fathers really necessary?
Arguments in favour and against the role of fathers in parenting.
Techniques used to study the brain in relation to behaviour
This Rapper Tried To Use Neuroscience To Get Over Her Ex
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Hormones and behaviour
Oxytocin: could the 'trust hormone' rebond our troubled world?
Could oxytocin help solve social issues?
Be Mine Forever: Oxytocin May Help Build Long-Lasting Love
"The hormone oxytocin increases empathy and communication, key to sustaining a relationship between mates"
Neuroscience: The hard science of oxytocin
"As researchers work out how oxytocin affects the brain, the hormone is shedding its reputation as a simple cuddle chemical."
Oxytocin during the initial stages of romantic attachment
"Relations to couples’ interactive reciprocity"
Does the 'love hormone' foster racism?
"The neurotransmitter oxytocin makes us more co-operative. But can increased levels engender hostility between groups?"
Culture and its influence on behaviour and cognition
A Cultural Perspective on Romantic Love
Overview of cultural influences on romantic love
Cultural dimensions
Love and cultural dimensions
Levine study summary
Separateness and Togetherness: Interdependence Over the Life Course in Japanese and American Marriages
"This study examines cross-cultural conceptions of interdependence within marriage over the life cycle. Older Japanese and American couples participated in a narrative interview in which both spouses jointly discussed the story of their marriage."
Pheromones and behaviour
Our Pheromones And Sexuality: The Current Research On Human Pheromones And Their Role In Sexual Attraction - -For Women Of All Ages.
Article about Cutler's discoveries about sexual attraction and how sexual behavior affects a woman's overall health.
Pheromonal Influences on Sociosexual Behavior in Men
Study of Male Psychosexual Behavior and Pheremones
Does my sweaty T-shirt turn you on?
"At a pheromone party, singles try to match using only their noses."
Human social attitudes affected by androstenol
"Studied the effect of a boar pheromone, androstenol, on social communication among humans."
How Animals Communicate Via Pheromones
"Human behaviors are probably influenced by invisible smell signals, just like all other animals."
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