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Romantic Love
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Passionate Love:
An aroused state of intense
positive absorption in another usually present at
the beginning of a love relationship.
1.
Physical arousal plus cognitive appraisal
2.
Arousal from any source can enhance one
emotion depending on what we interpret or
label the arousal
Two-factor theory of emotion
OBJECTIVE 58-2
| Describe the effect of physical arousal on passionate love, and identify two predictors of enduring companionate love.