Song Analysis: Jealousy

Jealousy

Buss, 2015
Jolene by
Dolly Parton
 Song Lyrics
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’m begging of you please don’t take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
Your beauty is beyond compare
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you
Jolene
He talks about you in his sleep
And there's nothing I can do to keep
From crying when he calls your name
Jolene
And I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me
Jolene
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
 ‘’And you can easily take my man’’-
not good enough for him

‘’ My happiness depends on you’’-

dependent on their partner for their
happiness

Insecure
attachment style

(Hazan & Shaver, 1987)

 "With flaming locks of auburn hair With ivory skin and eyes of
emerald green.“

Pathogen-resistance model
• Clear skin and healthy skin means an individual is free form
parasites
• Signal of youthfulness

"Your beauty is beyond compare…And there's nothing I can do to

keep from crying when he calls your name"

Physically attractive women make female partners jealous

(Buss, 2015)
 On a cognitive level some paranoid thoughts might
be occurring e.g. hearing Jolene’s name all the
time
  
On an emotional level she feels sadness and
desperation
 
On a behavioral level she decides to confront the
“other” woman. She even begs Jolene to let him go

(Pfeifer & Wong, 1989)

THANK YOU
(Unless you are Jolene)
 References
Buss, D.M.,(2015), Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of
The Mind
Buss, D.M., (2015), The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology,
Volume 1
Hazan & Shaver, (1987), How an Early Caregiving Style Affects
Adult Romantic Love, Department of Psychology, Staffordshire
University
Pfeiffer & Wong, (1989), Multidimensional Jealousy