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Romantic love has clear evolutionary roots but our views about what makes an ideal romantic relationship can be swayed by the so
Romantic love has clear evolutionary roots but our views about what makes an ideal romantic relationship can be swayed by the so
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2013-08-23
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Romantic love has clear evolutionary roots but our views about what makes an ideal romantic relationship can be swayed by the society we live in. So says psychologist Maureen O’Sullivan from the University of San Francisco. She suggests that humans have always tried to strengthen the pair-bond to maximise(使最大化)reproductive success.
Many societies throughout history and around the world today have cultivated strong pressures to stay married. In those where ties to family and community are strong, lifelong marriages can be promoted by practices such as the cultural prohibition of divorce and arranged marriages that are seen as a contract between two families, not just two individuals. In modern western societies, however, the focus on individuality and independence means that people are less concerned about conforming to(遵守)the dictates of family and culture. In the absence of societal pressures to maintain pair-bonds, O’Sullivan suggests that romantic love has increasingly come to be seen as the factor that should determine who we stay with and for how long. " That’s why historically we see an increase in romantic love as a basis for forming long-term relationships," she says.
According to O’Sullivan culture also shapes the sorts of feelings we expect to have, and actually do experience, when in love. Although the negative emotions associated with romantic love—fear of loss, disappointment and jealousy—are fairly consistent across cultures, the positive feelings can vary. " If you ask Japanese students to list the positive attributes they expect in a romantic partner, they rate highly things like loyalty, commitment and devotion," says O’Sullivan. " If you ask American college women, they expect everything under the sun: in addition to being committed, partners have to be amusing, funny and a friend. "
We judge a potential partner according to our specific cultural expectations about what romantic love should feel like. If you believe that you have found true romance, and your culture tells you that this is what a long-term relationship should be based on, there is less need to rely on social or family pressures to keep couples together, O’Sullivan argues.
We can infer from the passage that strong family and community ties______.
选项
A、largely rely on marriage contracts
B、can contribute to stable marriages
C、often run counter to romantic love
D、make divorces virtually unacceptable
答案
B
解析
推理判断题。定位句指出,在那些与家庭和社区关系紧密的社会里,终生的婚姻可以通过禁止离婚的文化和家庭包办等手段来保证,由此可知,家庭和社会关系紧密的社会有助于维持稳定的婚姻,故答案为B)。
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大学英语四级
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