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Compare and Contrast the Various Explanations of the Incest Taboo

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Compare and contrast the various explanations of the incest taboo.Why is the incest taboo of central importance for anthropology?


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Infatuated Love

An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone, often not based on deep emotional connection or understanding.

Consummate Love

A term from Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love, describing a complete form of love consisting of intimacy, passion, and commitment.

Self-actualization

A psychological concept referring to the realization or fulfillment of one’s talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone.

Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy

refers to Maslow’s theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.

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