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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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问题
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 conclude from the passage that______.
选项
A、cultural differences often tear apart a family built on romantic love
B、marriages are hard to sustain without social or family pressures
C、romantic love is becoming increasingly important in family relationships
D、romantic love tends to yield where family or social pressures are strong
答案
C
解析
推理判断题。定位句提到,奥沙莉文辩称,如果你认为你找到了真爱,而且你所处的文化也认同真爱是维系长期关系的基础,那么就没有必要依赖社会和家庭的压力来维持婚姻了,由此可知,在婚姻关系中浪漫的爱情所承担的作用越来越大,故答案为C)。
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