Track 12

Unit 6

Anthropology/biology

The science of love

Take the unit test

Listen to each question, circle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What are the two main points of the lecture?

2. What is one purpose of a wedding ring?

3. Why is romantic love described as a high intensity ritual?

4. In what order does the speaker talk about the biochemical basis of love?

5. Which of the following is associated with the first biochemical phase of love?

6. Which is not a physical effect of dopamine?

7. Why do euphoric feelings of love gradually disappear?

8. What is the main effect of endorphins?

9. Which of the following about love is probably true?

10. What would the speaker probably think about the idea that love will never be understood by a scientist?