This is the Personal Development Quarter 2 Module 2 self-learning module for Senior High School, titled “Personal Relationship – Attraction, Love, and Commitment.” It explains how relationships start, grow, and last. It also helps learners reflect on how they show affection to family, friends, classmates, and romantic partners.
On this page 8 sections
What learners will learn
After going through this module, learners are expected to:
- Express their ways of showing attraction, love, and commitment.
- Identify the different components of attraction, the types of love, and how love develops into commitment.
- Determine the importance of expressing attraction, love, and commitment.
- Share their experiences of how they show affection toward another person or people.
Attraction: why we like certain people
The module defines attraction as a positive connection between two or more people who share something in common, such as interests, likes and dislikes, or desires. A positive evaluation of a particular person is called interpersonal attraction. It is not limited to romantic relationships. It can also happen between friends, colleagues, and family members.
The module discusses four components of attraction:
- Physical attractiveness: people are first influenced by what they see, such as facial features, body build, hair, complexion, and smile. Ideas of beauty differ by culture, education, and social status.
- Similarity: we are drawn to people who share our interests and opinions, like the friend you usually pick as an activity partner. The module warns that relying too much on social categorization can lead to stereotyping.
- Proximity: physical distance and functional distance, meaning how often people interact. Classmates and neighbors often become friends because they are always near.
- Reciprocity: feelings that are returned in the same way. Relationships are built on give and take.
Love: its chemistry and its types
The module gives several dictionary meanings of love, including “strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.” It also explains the chemicals linked to bonding:
- Oxytocin, the “love hormone,” deepens the bond between mother and child. This is why the mother-child bond is called the first form of love.
- Oxytocin, endorphin, serotonin, and dopamine are “feel good” chemicals that are released during happy moments and strengthen bonds.
- Vasopressin supports stable, loving, long-term relationships.
Sternberg’s Triangular Model of Love
Robert Sternberg’s model has three components:
- Intimacy: closeness, caring, and emotional support.
- Passion: physical attraction and emotional responses.
- Commitment: the decision to dedicate love to another person and keep the relationship lasting.
These three components combine into seven types of love:
| Type of love | Components |
|---|---|
| Liking | Intimacy alone |
| Infatuation | Passion alone |
| Empty love | Commitment alone |
| Romantic love | Intimacy + Passion |
| Companionate love | Intimacy + Commitment |
| Fatuous love | Passion + Commitment |
| Consummate love | Intimacy + Passion + Commitment |
Attachment styles
The module describes three attachment styles that shape how we relate to parents, friends, and partners:
- Secure: the child receives care and feels parents are always available.
- Anxious/ambivalent: the child is too dependent and seeks more affection.
- Avoidant: the child is distant from the parents, sometimes because of unpleasant experiences.
Commitment and ways to express affection
Commitment is described as “the feelings and action that keep partners working together to maintain the relationship.” It is a choice and a long process that both people must take part in.
The module gives these tips for keeping relationships healthy:
- Stay happy.
- Be empathic.
- Keep open communication.
- Always trust.
- Show respect.
- Be a helping hand.
Activities in this module
- What’s In: write the name of a person, or your relationship to them, under each of twelve facial expressions, then explain your choices.
- Activity 1.1 Past and Present: interview a 50-year-old and your parent or guardian about how teenagers showed affection in their time. Compare their answers with your own views in a 2 to 3 page presentation.
- Activity 1.2 As Appreciation: name two objects precious to you and the person you would give each to, then share your reasons.
- What I Have Learned: complete the statements “I know that,” “I learned,” “I realized,” and “My plan.”
- What I Can Do: make a mini poster on short bond paper from magazine or newspaper cut-outs. Write a brief explanation on the back.
- Additional Activity “Reasons of Attraction”: rank the four components of attraction from 1 to 4 and explain your ranking.
How to use this module
- Learners: Answer the pretest (What I Know) first. Work through the parts in order, and finish with the Assessment. Use a separate sheet of paper and do not write on the module. Answer keys are included, so check your work honestly.
- Parents and guardians: Help your child with the interview in Activity 1.1. You may also be the one your child shares the appreciation activity with.
- Teachers and facilitators: Use the Notes to the Teacher. Before the activities, ask what type of love the learner is experiencing and how they show affection. After the activities, have learners share their outputs. Grade Activity 1.1 on clarity of ideas and presentation.
Frequently asked questions
What grade and quarter is this Personal Development module for?
It is Quarter 2 Module 2 of Personal Development, a Senior High School subject. The module does not name a specific grade.
What are the four components of attraction in this module?
Physical attractiveness, similarity, proximity, and reciprocity.
What are the three components of Sternberg’s Triangular Model of Love?
Intimacy, passion, and commitment. Their combinations form seven types of love, from liking to consummate love.
What is consummate love?
In Sternberg’s model, consummate love is the type that has all three components: intimacy, passion, and commitment.
Does the module have an answer key?
Yes. It includes answer keys for the pretest (What I Know) and the final Assessment.
Full text of the module
The text below is a transcription of the PDF above, as printed.
Personal Development Quarter 2 – Module 2: Personal Relationship – Attraction, Love, and Commitment
Senior High School
Personal Development
Quarter 2 – Module 2:
Personal Relationship – Attraction, Love, and Commitment
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CO_Q2_Personal Development SHS Module 2
Personal Development Alternative Delivery Mode Quarter 2 – Module 2: Personal Relationship- Attraction, Love, and Commitment First Edition, 2021
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Personal Development
Quarter 2 – Module 2:
Personal Relationship –
Attraction, Love, and Commitment
Senior High School
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they can best help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.
What I Need to Know
This material was crafted to give you – learners, the right amount of assistance for you to absorb and acquire all the necessary concepts and nature comprising oneself. Lessons are bounded on the performance and content standard, learning competencies and level of the learners. This also used languages appropriate to the understanding of the varied types of students’ learning acquisition. Sequence of the lessons adhered to the arrangement of the competencies as reflected on the DepEd’s curriculum guide for this course.
Lesson Title: Personal Relationship – Attraction, Love, and Commitment
After going through this module, you are expected to:
- Express your ways of showing attraction, love, and commitment.
1.1 Identify the different components of attractions, types of love, and how it develops into commitment;
1.2 Determine the importance of expressing attraction, love and commitment; and
1.3 Share your experiences on how you show affections toward another person or people.
What I Know
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
What component of attraction refer to when people tend to be influenced by what they see?
- A. physical appearance
- B. proximity
- C. reciprocity
- D. similarity
It is considered as the first form of love
- A. husband and wife
- B. mother and child
- C. relationship with friends
- D. teacher and students
It pertains to physical and functional distance
- A. physical appearance
- B. proximity
- C. reciprocity
- D. similarity
Which component of love consists affective variables like emotional support and caring?
- A. romantic love
- B. commitment
- C. intimacy
- D. passion
A type of love which comprises the 3 components of love
- A. liking
- B. fatuous
- C. empty love
- D. consummate love
_____________ is an attachment style wherein a child is too dependent to the parents and seeks more attention from them
- A. anxious/ambivalent attachment style
- B. romantic love style
- C. secure attachment style
- D. avoidance attachment style
Which among the choices below is NOT considered as one of the ways in expressing commitment with others?
- A. empathy
- B. trust
- C. respect
- D. secrecy
What component of attraction is being described when people usually tend to choose others to be with them because they have things in common?
- A. physical appearance
- B. proximity
- C. similarity
- D. reciprocity
What do you call a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties?
- A. love
- B. respect
- C. commitment
- D. attraction
Which of the following is NOT one of the types of love according to R. Sternberg?
- A. infatuation
- B. reciprocity
- C. companionate
- D. fatuous
This refers to a more complex long-term relationship.
- A. commitment
- B. intimacy
- C. proximity
- D. passion
He proposed the Triangular Model of Love.
- A. J. Brannan
- B. H. Fisher
- C. C. Strangor
- D. R. Sternberg
It consists of physiological and affective variables like physical attraction and emotional responses that promote physical changes.
- A. commitment
- B. intimacy
- C. passion
- D. romantic love
In this attachment style, the child used to receive right affection from parent. He/she feels protected and parents are available anytime.
- A. Anxious/ambivalent Attachment Style
- B. Romantic Love Style
- C. Secure Attachment Style
- D. Avoidant Attachment Style
Which of the following best describes Oxytocin?
- A. It is one of the four “feel-good chemicals that promotes strong connections between individuals.
- B. It is a peptide that conveys a behavior of individual.
- C. It produces sad hormones secreted in the brain.
- D. It produces a behavior of developing stable, loving, and long-term relationship.
Lesson 2: Personal Development: Personal Relationship
Making time for one another is vital to keep the relationship healthy and the process of give and take are great ways to sustain a relationship (Miller, 2008).
Indeed, any relationship needs to be dealt with mindful and careful consideration of things, whatever kind of relationship it might be. Keeping a good relationship with people will help you grow in some ways.
In this lesson, we will try to know how people express feelings and emotions toward others. By having careful reflections on the ways, we do to express out attraction, love, and commitment.
What’s In
For you to realize how you express your affection with your various relationships, kindly accomplish the activity that follows.
Below are different expressions of yours toward other people. Now, think of a particular person that first comes in your mind when you feel such expression. Put their name under each face or just write how you are related to them (example: “Jose” or if you want, just “best friend”). Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper with a brief explanation. After the given time, explain your answer to the facilitator or to your classmates.
[illustration: twelve drawn faces in three rows of four showing different expressions, some with hearts beside them]
Illustrated by: Salvacion C. Montenegro
What’s New
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. —Lao Tzu
Having and building relationship with others is natural, yet sometimes, it could be challenging and confusing.
In this module, you will learn that there are elements hidden behind the idea of being in a relationship with others, how it starts, and how it grows. By discussing and defining some important concepts, you will be able to gain ideas on important these factors are to personal relationship.
Attraction
The Merriam-Webster dictionary, collegiately defined attraction as: the action or power of evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone or something; and a quality or feature that evokes interest, liking, or desire.
Having this definition, it could be said that attraction is a positive connection between two or more people that share something in common, like interests, likes/dislikes, or desires. Some qualities may catch your attention, and which could spark a certain kind of relationship.
When you have a positive attitude or evaluation regarding a particular person in relation to different components, that is interpersonal attraction. For many, interpersonal attraction relates only between two people having an intimate and romantic relationship. However, it is not only limited to such since it may also transpire between friends, colleagues, family members, and others.
There are a lot of key components of attraction that may be the reason for someone liking others. Some of those are:
Physical Attractiveness
Attractive people draw out a more positive first impression. Initially, people tend to be influenced by what they see. Even the younger ones prefer to look at faces those adults consider attractive rather than at opposite ones (Langlois, et.al. 1991). Our perception of beauty, though, differs from one another since it can be influenced by culture, educational background, social status, etc. Everyone has his/her idea of what or who is attractive based on physical appearance.
Facial features like the shape and color of the eyes, the nose, the lips, and even the cheekbones and jaw have an impact when talking with another person or people; the built of the body, the color of the hair, the complexion, the smoothness of the skin, and the smile also may be considered with impact as these are the first things available elements presented even without interaction. It could also be added that certain similarities in facial and bodily symmetry or resemblance with anyone they knew, with someone they like, or with a person they used to talk with, could also be determinants of liking another person or people.
Similarity
When you are asked by your teacher to select a partner for an activity, who do you usually choose? Why? The common answer might be a friend who used to be with you, perhaps, because there is a connection between the two of you that you do not have with others. We can say that you are “on the same wavelength” that is why
you find it easy to get along with him/her because you share the same interests and opinions.
Many researches support that similarity causes attraction. Oftentimes, people classify other people based on information they already knew about them. That is social categorization, wherein, people mentally group others on where they belong and that with the same characteristics with them, like group age, religion, personality, attitude, social status, or education. Thus, this social categorization has a negative effect. When people rely too much on that mentality, it results to stereotyping, where someone is being judged by others only because they were part of a specific group they knew and not based on who he/she is.
Proximity
One of the important aspects of any relationship is distance. Proximity pertains to physical distance with other people and it is related to functional distance (how often people interact or communicate with each other). The more you encounter or interact with the person, the more you allow yourself to get to know him/her better which leads to a better relationship like friendship or intimate relationship. Most likely, the people always near you just like your classmate or neighbor has a big tendency to become your friend.
Reciprocity
We tend to get along with people or with someone whom we have the same feelings toward. It is called reciprocity. It is when feelings with someone are being reciprocated or returned in the same way as you do. According to Brannan and Mohr, authors of one of the modules of in the book of Together: The Science of Social Psychology, “Another way to think of it is that relationships are built on a give and take; if one side is not reciprocating, then the relationship is doomed”. These may happen in any relationship, with friends, classmates, family members, or romantic partners.
The attraction is something that may happen in different ways, with different people, and in different circumstances, and may lead to a much deeper connection or relation with others.
Love
It appears that the word Love has many meanings. Some definitions in the Meriam-Webster dictionary are:
- (a) strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties;
(b) attraction based on sexual desire: affection and tenderness felt by lovers;
(c) affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests - An assurance of affection
Any discussion about love piques the curiosity and interest of young adults your age. It may differ depending on one’s experience and knowledge of love, though. Sometimes, it may affect the emotional and psychological being of a person, thus influencing his/her emotion toward another. This emotional bond depends on the presence or absence of support from others.
According to Sue Carter and Stephen Porges, “love is one of the important components of a complex neurochemical system that allows the body to adapt to highly emotional situations”. Some elements are responsible for the deep and strong bonds of a person with others that resulted to love.
One of the accountable chemicals for the connection of two individuals like between mother and child inside her womb and even after giving birth is Oxytocin (Keverne, 2006). It is a peptide also known as the love hormone, a female reproduction hormone, which helps to deepen the connection between mother and child through breastfeeding. It is transmitted to the brain tissue of the child that allows and creates a strong bond between them. This is the reason why it is considered as the first form of love. Together with Oxytocin, Endorphin, Serotonin, and Dopamine are so-called “feel good” chemicals that promote strong connections/bonds between people since it releases during happy moments.
Another element that promotes love is Vasopressin. It is also a peptide that conveys the behavior of an individual’s social engagement (Kenkel et al, 2012). One of its roles is to produce a behavior of developing stable, loving, and long-term relationship with others.
The studies of Cohen 2007; Fisher et. al, 2009 explained that the serotonin production of newly-in-love individuals increases up to 40% just like with the brain of a drug addict. And, when a person experiences heartbreak, the brain processes just like an addict quitting a heroin habit.
In the book of Principles of Social Psychology – 1st International Edition by Dr. Charles Strangor, he explained Robert Sternberg’s proposed Triangular Model of Love. It says that there are seven (7) different types of Love, and each type consists of the combinations of variables (Cognitive, Physiological and Affective variables) that are specified in Three (3) different components/factors: Intimacy, Passion, and Commitment. (see figure 1)
Intimacy is consisting of affective variables such as closeness, caring, and emotional support; Passion consists of physiological and affective variables like physical attraction, emotional responses that promote physiological changes, and sexual arousal; and Commitment is a cognitive process and decision to dedicate love to another individual with the willingness to keep the relationship lasts (Brannan, D. & Mohr, C. D., 2020)
Figure 1: Robert Sternberg’s Triangular (Theory) Model of Love, adapted from the book of Principles of Social Psychology – 1st International Edition of Dr. Charles Strangor.
[chart: triangular model diagram; Figure 1: Robert Sternberg’s Triangular (Theory) Model of Love, adapted from the book of Principles of Social Psychology – 1st International Edition of Dr. Charles Strangor.]
| Position | Label as printed |
|---|---|
| Top vertex (box: INTIMACY) | Liking (intimacy alone) |
| Left side | Romantic Love (Intimacy + Passion) |
| Center | Consummate Love (intimacy + Passion + Commitment) |
| Right side | Companionate Love (Intimacy + Commitment) |
| Lower left (box: PASSION) | Infatuation (Passion alone) |
| Lower right (box: COMMITMENT) | Empty Love (Commitment alone) |
| Bottom edge | Fatuous Love Passion + Commitment) |
Since love has its different types, we could say that it may happen any time, to any individual, at a different level with people around us like friends, classmates, neighbors, family members, etc. The quality of a relationship is how both partners relate to each other. There are different ways in showing love with our loved ones or partners and are emphasized in Three (3) attachment styles we display when we interact with our parents, our friends, and our romantic partners (Eastwick & Finkel, 2008).
Secure Attachment Style – a healthy style wherein the children used to receive care and easily communicate with the parents since they feel that they are always available to listen and keep them safe. Anxious/ambivalent Attachment Style – when children are lacking or seeking more affection from parents because they are too dependent on them. Avoidant Attachment Style – it is when children are distant to the parent/s, sometimes due to unpleasant experiences. These attachment styles have a big effect or impact on how an individual perceived and expresses behavior with or towards others.
Commitment
You already have an idea of what attraction is, how it happens, and how it grows, also the types of love and how each type related and comprised with. Now, let us have the commitment and how this thing may happen and how it will last.
It is a long-term relationship between individuals. A more complex relationship that resulted to increasingly turn to each other not only for social support but also for help in coordinating activities, remembering dates and appointments, and accomplishing tasks (Wegner, Erber, & Raymond, 1991). Many people say that for you to be able to have a successful relationship, you should know your similarities and differences; understand your partner’s needs and desires; and invest time and effort to work things out and last for a lifetime.
Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani and Dr. Hammond Tarry reiterated the Slotter et al., 2011 that “commitment refers to the feelings and action that keep partners working together to maintain the relationship”. Any relationship will last through the cooperation of both parties, without this, the relationship will not last and ends with breaking up.
Commitment is a choice, a long and not an easy process that needs to be participated by you and your partner
What is It
Various people have a certain impact in different aspects of your life. It may be different in level and differ from who or how that person relates to our life.
Expressing our attraction, love, and commitment to a specific person is different on how we express it with a different set of people. A good example of this is how you might be open in expressing your admiration with your romantic partner yet be discreet or reserved in saying or expressing your feeling with your family members. This difference may be interpreted differently by others, as well. For whatever reasons, even non-verbally, expressing our love to our support system (people dear to us) is important and we should continuously communicate with them and never fail to express that we are grateful with them being in our side.
Below are some collected ideas on how to exercise expressing affections and developed into a commitment for any kinds of relationship. These may serve as tips on how to keep healthy relationships with others.
Stay happy. Happiness gives you the feeling of satisfaction for both abstract and concrete things.
Be empathic. Empathizing with another is acting with greater cooperation and overall selflessness—the desire to help, even at a potential cost to the self.
Keep open communication. It provides an opportunity to size up the trustworthiness of a person by verbally committing to cooperate with another.
Always trust. Working with others toward a common goal requires a level of faith that others will repay our hard work and generosity. Supporting their interests is also showing your trust.
Show respect. People are likely to give respect to others by being polite, honest, and by showing kindness all the time.
Be a helping hand. In times of trouble (e.g., mentally/ emotionally), make him/her feel that he/she always has you on his/her side.
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Notes to the Teacher
As facilitator kindly ask the learner to answer the questions to deepen their understanding on the topic before allowing him/her to proceed with the activity. You may ask the questions below or opt to use your preferred questions.
- What type of love are you experiencing right now? Why did you say so?
- How do you show your attraction, love and commitment to your loved ones? Enumerate each.
- Given the chance to advise others how they can express their commitment for the relationship to last, what would that be and why?
Sources:
Charles Stangor, Rajiv Jhangiani, Hammond Tarry (2013) Initial Attraction; Similarity, Proximity, Reciprocity, Principles of Social Psychology – 1ST INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 302-312
Brannan, D. & Mohr, C. D. (2021). Love, friendship, and social support. In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign,IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from http://noba.to/s54tmp7k
What’s More
Activity 1.1 Past and Present
For you to be able to strengthen your understanding on our topic, let us have the activity which will provide you an opportunity to identify how teenagers from the past expressed their affections compared to your generation and its importance.
A. Talk to a 50-year-old individual on how teenagers express their attraction, love, and commitment toward others during their times.
B. Ask your parent/guardian or an older one for what they have experienced from the past and what are their observations in today’s generation on their ways of showing and expressing their attraction, love, and commitment with others.
C. After doing A & B, compare it with your own opinion and share it by presenting your work with your classmates and/or teacher/facilitator.
D. You are opted to use any materials that you think may help you show you creativity in presenting your list. You can use but are not limited to any sheet of paper. Please also be reminded that the maximum number of pages for your work is 2-3 pages.
E. Your work will be graded based on the clarity of idea and the way you presented in class or with your teacher.
1.2 As Appreciation
Giving something to a person dear to you is a sign of appreciation. This is also counted as expressing affections towards others. The value of an object or thingis measured by its appreciation than its monetary amount. Now, let us show appreciation to others by giving them something that is precious to you.
Think at least two (2) objects or things that are very much important to you. Write the name of each object in a 1/8 sheet together with its recipient. After the given time, share your reasons with your selected classmate or if applicable, with the members of your family.
What I Have Learned
One of the objectives of this module is for you to understand the concept and importance of letting yourselfexpress your attraction, love and commitment to others. Some up your gained ideas and knowledge by completing the statements in each box below.
I know that ______________________________________________________________________
I learned ________________________________________________________________________
I realized ________________________________________________________________________
My plan _________________________________________________________________________
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What I Can Do
In this activity, you are going to express your best way of expressing your attraction love or showing commitment to someone by creating a mini poster out of cut-outs from magazines, newspapers, or other printed materials. Your mini poster should be done on a short bond paper and must showcase your ways of expressing affections to develop a long term-relationship. Write a brief explanation of your work at the back of your mini poster.
Name: {Title} Section:
Notes to the Teacher
As facilitator kindly ask the learner to discuss his/her output by sharing the result and his/her insights with the activities or you may ask questions.
(sample questions)
- What are your ways in express your attraction for someone?
- How you express your love to someone?
- How you show your commitment to the person/s?
Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
Personal Relationship is the _____________.
- a. choice of a person to be engaged in a certain kind of relationship.
- b. kind of interaction one makes when dealing in an intimate group of people.
- c. close connection between the people formed by emotional bonds and interaction.
- d. type of person’s involvement in the community where he/she grows to be a good individual.
Romantic Relationship is characterized by _____________.
- a. happy experiences shared by individuals
- b. mutual love and respect shared by the couples
- c. sympathy rendered by individuals towards one another
- d. sense of belongingness felt by individuals with each other
Which of the following is NOT part of so called “feel good” chemicals?
- a. Oxydicin
- b. Endorphin
- c. Serotonin
- d. Dopamine
What do you call the feelings and action that keep partners working together to maintain a relationship?
- a. Affection
- b. Attraction
- c. Commitment
- d. Love
Infatuation comprises ________________.
- a. Intimacy and Commitment
- b. Commitment and passion
- c. Passion only
- d. Intimacy only
Which type of love consist of passion and commitment?
- a. Romantic Love
- b. Fatuous Love
- c. Liking
- d. Companionate
According to Sue and Porges, it is one of the important components of a complex neurochemical system that allows the body to adapt to highly emotional situation.
- a. Affection
- b. Attraction
- c. Commitment
- d. Love
It happens when the feeling is being returned by someone the same way as you do.
- a. Physical appearance
- b. Proximity
- c. Reciprocity
- d. Similarity
Which of the following pertains to a physical distance between two individuals?
- a. Physical appearance
- b. Proximity
- c. Reciprocity
- d. Similarity
What best describes avoidant attachment style?
- a. It can be due to unpleasant experience
- b. The child feels more safe
- c. Lacking affection
- d. Communicated with parent
It is thefeeling of satisfaction for both abstract and concrete things.
- a. Happiness
- b. Empathy
- c. Communication
- d. Respect
Which of the following is a cognitive process and decision to dedicate love to another individual with willingness to keep it lasts?
- a. Affection
- b. Attraction
- c. Commitment
- d. Love
It is an element that help promote love that produces a behavior of loving and lasting relationship.
- a. Oxydicin
- b. Endorphin
- c. Serotonin
- d. Vasopressin
Which of the following provides an opportunity to an individual to verbally committing to cooperate with others?
- a. Happiness
- b. Empathy
- c. Communication
- d. Respect
Which peptide is known as love hormone?
- a. Oxytocin
- b. Endorphin
- c. Serotonin
- d. Vasopressin
Additional Activities
1.1 “Reasons of Attraction”
The following components of attractions are the reasons of someone in liking others. Based on you own characteristics and understanding of yourself, how do you usually get easily attracted to someone? Arrange the components of attraction by putting numbers 1 to 4, 1 will be your most common and usual reasons you got attracted and explain your reasons. Write your answers in a separate sheet.
| Components of Attractions | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Attractiveness | ||
| Proximity | ||
| Reciprocity |
[transcriber’s note: table continued from the previous page]
| Components of Attractions | Rank | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Similarity |
Note: The page 22 marker above is a duplicate; see corrected sequence below.
Answer Key
What I Know
- A
- B
- B
- C
- D
- A
- D
- C
- A
- B
- A
- D
- C
- C
- A
Assessment
- C
- B
- A
- C
- C
- B
- D
- C
- B
- A
- A
- D
- D
- C
- A
[transcriber’s note: the answer key page also prints a rotated image of the same answer tables, showing What I Know and Assessment answers, which duplicates the lists above]
References
Attraction. Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Accessed June 8, 2020. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attraction.
Love. Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Accessed June 8, 2020. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love
Jhangiani, Dr. Rajiv, and Dr. Hammond Tarry. Principles of Social Psychology – 1ST INTERNATIONAL EDITION : Charles Stangor, Rajiv Jhangiani, Hammond Tarry : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, Accessed June 8, 2020, https://archive.org/details/PrinciplesOfSocialPsychology.
Brannan, D, and C. D. Mohr. Love, Friendship, and Social Support. Noba. IL: DEF publishers. Accessed June 8, 2020. https://nobaproject.com/modules/love-friendship-and-social-support.
Carter, S., and S. Porges. Biochemistry of Love. Noba. IL: DEF publishers, 2020. Accessed June 9, 2020, https://nobaproject.com/modules/biochemistry-of-love.
Diener, E. Happiness: the science of subjective well-being. Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Accessed June 8, 2020.https://nobaproject.com/modules/happiness-the-science-of-subjective-well-being#content
Moskowitz, J. P. &Piff, P. K. Cooperation. Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers, Accessed June 8, 2020, https://nobaproject.com/modules/cooperation
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