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耶鲁大学公开课心理学导论英文字幕transcript09

IntroductiontoPsychology:

Lecture9Transcript

February14,2007

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ProfessorPaulBloom:

I'mdelightedtointroducethefirstguestlecturerforthisIntroductiontoPsychologycourse,DeanPeterSalovey.Peterisanoldfriendandcolleague.Manyofyou--IthinkeverybodyhereknowsofhimthroughhisroleasDeanofYaleCollege.I'lljust,inthiscontextofthisintroduction,mentiontwootherthingsabouthim.Oneispriortobeingdeanandinfact,stillasadean,he'sanactivescientistandinparticular,asocialpsychologistactivelyinvolvedinstudyinghealthpsychology,theproperuseofpsychologicalmethodstoframehealthmessages,andalsoisthefounderanddeveloperoftheideaofemotionalintelligence,anideahe'sdoneahugeamountofresearchon.Secondly,Peterisorwasanactiveandextremelywell-knownteacheratYaleCollege.Hetaughtatonepoint,thelargestcourseeverinYaleCollege鈥�acourseonPsychologyinLawwhichbrokeeveryrecordeverhadhere.Andbeforethat,duringthat,andafterthat,hewasalegendaryIntroductiontoPsychologyteacher.AndIthink--andhehadsomereasonforwhyhewassolegendarywithhislecturetodayonthetopicoflove.

[applause]

DeanPeterSalovey:

Thanksverymuch.Okay.Thankyouverymuch,ProfessorBloom.ItreallyisapleasuretocomeandlecturetoyoutodayonValentine'sDayonthetopicoflove.Mymainareaofresearchishumanemotion.Andloveisanemotion.It'snotonethatIstudypersonally,atleastnotinthelab,and--butitisfuntotalkabout.Anditisatopicthatlendsitselftomanysocialpsychologicalphenomena.It'salsogreattobeabletocomeinandguestlecture.OneofthethingsIverymuchmisssinceservingasdeanistheopportunitytoteachPsychology110.AndalthoughIlovebeingdean,IdomissteachingIntroductoryPsychology,thefeelingofexposingpeopletoideasthatmaybeyouhadn'theardbefore.

Well,Isuspectsomeoftheideasinthistalkyou'llhavenotheardbeforeandforavarietyofreasons.Acoupleofthethingsyou'llnoticeisthatsomeoftheexperimentsI'lltalkabouttodayarenotthekindsofexperimentsthatcanbedoneanymore.They'renotconsideredethicallyacceptablebuttheyweredoneinthe鈥�50sand鈥�60sandearly鈥�70swhenethicalstandardsweredifferentandsowecanteachthem.Wejustcan'tgiveyouthesameexperiencesthatsomeofthecollegestudentsthatwe'lltalkabouttodayinthesestudieshad.

TheotherthingIwillmentionisthatthereisacertainandrocentricandheterosexualqualitytomuchofthesocialpsychologicalresearchonromanticlove.You'llseethatintheexperiments.Usually,theparticipantsaremenandusuallythetargetsarewomenintheseexperiments.I'mnotendorsingthisastheonlywaytostudylove.ItjusthappenstobethewaytheseexperimentsweredoneandsoImentionthiscautionrightfromthebeginning.We'llhavetothinkabout--Oneofthethingsyoushouldthinkaboutisdoyouthinktheseexperimentsgeneralizedtootherkindsofdyadicrelationships.Andthat'saquestionthatIthinkyoucanaskthroughoutthislecture.

Okay.Solet'sgetstarted.AndtostartthingsoffIthinkwhatweneedtodoisconsideradefinition.I'mgoingtodefinewhatloveisbutthenmostoftheexperimentsI'mgoingtotalkaboutarereallyfocusedmoreonattractionthanlove--whofindseachotherofromanticinterestthatmightthendevelopintoaloverelationship.Butlet'sstartwithadefinitionoflove.AndI'mgoingtopickadefinitionfromaformercolleague,RobertSternberg,whoisnowthedeanatTuftsUniversitybutwashereonourfacultyatYalefornearlythirtyyearsorso.Andhehasatheoryoflovethatarguesthatit'smadeupofthreecomponents:

intimacy,passion,andcommitment,orwhatissometimescalleddecisioncommitment.Andthesearerelativelystraightforward.Hearguedthatyoudon'thaveloveifyoudon'thaveallthreeoftheseelements.

Intimacyisthefeelingofcloseness,ofconnectednesswithsomeone,ofbonding.Operationally,youcouldthinkofintimacyasyousharesecrets,youshareinformationwiththispersonthatyoudon'tsharewithanybodyelse.Okay.That'sreallywhatintimacyis,thebondthatcomesfromsharinginformationthatisn'tsharedwithother--withmanyotherpeople.Secondelementispassion.Passioniswhatyouthinkitis.Passionisthe--wewouldsaythedrivethatleadstoromance.Youcanthinkofitasphysicalattractionorsex.AndSternbergarguesthatthisisarequiredcomponentofaloverelationship.Itisnot,however,arequiredcomponentoftakingashowerinCalhounCollege.[aYaledormitory][laughter]

ThethirdelementofloveinSternberg'stheoryiswhathecallsdecisionorcommitment,thedecisionthatoneisinaloverelationship,thewillingnesstolabelitassuch,andacommitm