Homework 6

Find a *love song* - by one of your favorite musicians or a song your roommate plays all the time or really any random song about love and interpersonal attraction. The song can be in a different language if you can translate it for us. Find the lyrics of that song (e.g. online) and analyze them for social psychological principles we learned about - e.g. passionate versus companionate love; mere exposure effect; similarity and attraction; reciprocal liking; or any other concepts we learned about this week. Write a brief report analyzing the social psychological principles of love demonstrated in the song. Here’s an example of what this might look like, from “Take care” by Drake and Rihanna: In this song, the artists mention Drake’s anxious attachment style, as evident in the following lyrics: “It’s my birthday, I get high if I want to/Can’t deny that I want to,/but I lie if have to/Cause you don’t say you love me/To your friend when they ask you” [Drake] and “I know you’ve been hurt by someone else/I can tell by the way you carry yourself.” [Rihanna]. However, Rihanna responds with a secure attachment style and the offer of a communal relationship that also suggests companionate love: “If you let me, here’s what I’ll do I’ll take care of you.” Her attachment style seems to have changed since her previous experience of rejection: “I’ve loved and I’ve lost...” This means she belongs to the lucky 25-20% who can change their attachment style even after negative experiences!