GenSoc Lesson 2

• Psychosocial


  Pertaining to psychosocial and social factors and the interaction of these factors
• Understanding the psychosocial dimension

  • Our experience of gender and sexuality is generally a relational experience
• Awareness


  Our conscious understanding of something
• Intimacy and relationship


  When two people recognize and become aware of each other, they decide to keep close distance in each other's lives, share their personal bubbles, and allow frequency of interaction between them
• Well-beingas a Psychosocial Goal


  A state of satisfaction, meaning, and purpose
• Objective well-being and Subjective well-being

  There are two sides to well-being
• Love as a human experience


  A human experience differently defined and conceptualized
• Love as a culture universal


  • A phenomenon experienced similarly by people across time and cultures
• Love as a social phenomenon


  • Events or experiences which ensue within our interaction and relationship with other people
• Love as an emotion


  • Physiological responses that we evaluate psychologically as we experience particular life events
• Love as a neurobiological event


  • Information being passed on within our nervous system, a conglomerate of organs responsible for our ability to process and transmit essential information among the many organs in our body
• Theories and frameworks of love


  • Psychodynamic view on love (Sigmund Freud)
  • Color wheel of love (John Alan Lee, 1973)
  • Triangular model of love (Sternberg, 1986)
  • Romantic and companionate love (Hatfield and Rapson, 1978 & 1993)
  • Love Languages (Gary Chapman)
• Psychodynamic view on love (Sigmund Freud)


  People were shaped by their relationships with significant others around them, like their parents and siblings
• Color wheel of love (John Alan Lee, 1973)


  • Eros
  • Ludus
  • Storge
  • Pragma
  • Mania
  • Agape
• Triangular model of love (Sternberg, 1986)


  • Love can be understood in terms of three components: intimacy, passion, and commitment

  
• Romantic Love


  Characterized by intense emotions and a focus on physical attraction
• Companionate Love


  Characterized by feelings of warmth, affection, and companionship that develop over time in a relationship
• Romantic love and companionate love can coexist and contribute to the overall satisfaction and fulfillment in a romantic relationship
• Love Languages (Gary Chapman)


  • Words of Affirmation
  • Quality Time
  • Acts of Service
  • Physical Touch
  • Receiving Gifts
• Stages of intimate relationships (George Levinger, 1982)


  • Acquaintance
  • Buildup
  • Consolidation and Continuation
  • Decline or Deterioration
  • Ending or Termination
• Objective well-being

  It involves physical factors that widely account for our basic needs.
• Subjective well-being

  It is our happiness and life satisfaction, fare and wants
• Physical, emotional, mental, material, and social


  What are the five dimensions of well-being?
• The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts


  What is the book by Dr. Gary Chapman that was established in 1992?
• Eros

  It is characterized by passionate, intense emotion and physical attraction
• Ludus

  It is playful and flirtatious, treating love as a game or conquest.
• Storge

  It is rooted in friendship and companionship, focusing on compatibility and shared interests.
• Pragma

  It is practical and pragmatic, emphasizing compatibility and long-term benefits.
• Mania

  It is intense and possessive, marked by jealousy, insecurity, and emotional volatility
• Agape

  It is selfless and altruistic, prioritizing the well-being of the partner above one's own needs.