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(Paras. 1-3)Love is essential for human survival.
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(Paras. 8-12)What brings people together?
What is love?
Reading More—Global Understanding Discuss in groups to identify the missing information. Main idea: Love is essential for human survival. Arguments: A.___________________________________________ The family is the earliest and most important source of love and emotional support. ___________________________________________ Children deprived of love have been known to B.___________________________________________ develop a variety of problems. ___________________________________________ C.___________________________________________ Research shows the quality of care infants received affects how they later get along with friends. ___________________________________________
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D.___________________________________________ Love for oneself, or self-love, is also essential for our social and emotional development. ___________________________________________
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E.___________________________________________ Social scientists describe self-love as important for self-esteem. ___________________________________________ F.___________________________________________ People who don’t like themselves may not be able to ___________________________________________ return love but may constantly seek love relationships to bolster their own poor self-images. ___________________________________________
Reading More—Global Understanding Main idea: What is love? Arguments: elusive concept A. Love is an _____________________ Supporting evidence: Part II People give a variety of answers when asked a. ______________________________________ what love is. _______________________________________ Love has many dimensions. b. _______________________________________ It can be romantic, exciting, obsessive, and c. _______________________________________ irrational, platonic, calming, altruistic, and ________________________________________ sensible. ________________________________________ d. ________________________________________ It varies in degree and intensity and across ________________________________________ social contexts.
Reading More—Global Understanding B. Three elements are necessary for a love relationship: Supporting evidence: a willingness to please and accommodate the other. a. _________________________________________ b. _________________________________________ an acceptance of the other person’s faults and _________________________________________ shortcomings. Part II as much concern about the loved one’s welfare as c. _________________________________________ _________________________________________ one’s own. Love, especially longterm love, has nothing in common C. __
__________________________________________ with the images of love or frenzied sex that we get from ____________________________________________ Hollywood, television, and romance novels. ____________________________________________ Supporting evidence: “Real” love is closer to what one author called ___________________________________________ “stirring-the-oatmeal love”. ___________________________________________
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Main idea: _____________________________________________ What brings people together? And is there a person _____________________________________________ out there that one is meant for? Arguments: A.___________________________________________ Empirical studies show that cultural norms and Part III values, not fate, bring people together. ___________________________________________ Criticism and approval teach us what is acceptable B.___________________________________________ romantic behavior and with whom. ___________________________________________ Lust and desire are different from love—especially C.___________________________________________ romantic love. ___________________________________________
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D. ___________________________________________ One should not conclude that desire always ___________________________________________ culminates in physical intimacy or that desire is the same as romantic love. ___________________________________________ Part III E. __________________________________________ Healthy love relationships, whether physical or not (such as love for family members), reflect a balance __________________________________________ of caring, intimacy, and commitment. ___________________________________________