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🎯 Main Points

Attachment & Flourishing Relationships

PSY409 - Positive Psychology

🔑 Key Definitions

Magic Ratio: 5:1 positive to negative interactions in happy couples (Gottman) 5️⃣
Four Horsemen: Criticism, contempt, defensiveness, stonewalling (predict divorce) 🐴
Triangular Theory: Love = Intimacy + Passion + Commitment (Sternberg) 🔺

👤 Important Figures

  • Hazan & Shaver (1987) - Adult attachment styles 💑
  • John Gottman - Relationship research, 5:1 ratio 📊
  • Robert Sternberg - Triangular Theory of Love 🔺

📊 Adult Attachment Styles

  • Secure - Positive self + Positive others 💚
  • Anxious-Preoccupied - Negative self + Positive others 💛
  • Dismissive-Avoidant - Positive self + Negative others 🧊
  • Fearful-Avoidant - Negative self + Negative others 💔

🔺 Sternberg's Love Types

  • Romantic = Intimacy + Passion 💗🔥
  • Companionate = Intimacy + Commitment 💗💍
  • Consummate = ALL THREE 💗🔥💍

💡 Exam Tips

  • Gottman's ratio: 5:1 positive to negative 5️⃣
  • Four Horsemen: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, Stonewalling 4️⃣🐴
  • Sternberg: Intimacy + Passion + Commitment = Consummate 🔺