Social Psychology: The Power Of Love And Relationships
Power of Love and Relationship
La Toya Varnado
PSY: 301 Social Psychology
Professor Jeanne Henry
April 30, 2012
We learn as grow from children into adulthood that all relationships don’t last and they were not all meant to be. The relationships depends on factors inside the relationship, like costs and rewards; factors inside the person, like comparison level; and factors outside the relationship, like available alternatives. This paper will address the many factors that make up love and relationships such as attraction, human need, and the three types of love companionate, passionate, and compassionate. According to research, psychologist have identified the factors of attraction as similarities, …show more content…
Relationships usually occur because individuals become familiar with the individual. In social psychology, this effect is sometimes called the familiarity principle. In studies of interpersonal attraction, the more often a person is seen by someone, the more pleasing and likeable that person appears to be. Another factor of attraction is equitable. The equity theory is not the overall amount one receives from a relationship that is important, it is whether or not what one gives and what one gets are equal. No one wants to be in a one-sided relationship were they put more into it than the other. Playing hard to get is another factor of attraction which is when individuals chose to be selective in their …show more content…
Companionate love is characterized by deep caring for another person, comfort and trust, and enjoyment of shared experiences. Passionate love involves intense emotional arousal and physical attraction and compassionate love is the care giving type of love. The difference in the three is that companionate love is when you deeply care about the individual and are looking for a long term relationship, where as passionate love is like lust it only last for a little while, and compassionate love is more like a brother/sister love. Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of love is that with passion, there is the initial infatuation, the strong emotions, and the attraction. With intimacy, the lovers become closer, inter-dependant, and psychologically their self-concepts begin to overlap. Commitment is the most volitional of the three, the decision to take steps to maintain the love and the
La Toya Varnado
PSY: 301 Social Psychology
Professor Jeanne Henry
April 30, 2012
We learn as grow from children into adulthood that all relationships don’t last and they were not all meant to be. The relationships depends on factors inside the relationship, like costs and rewards; factors inside the person, like comparison level; and factors outside the relationship, like available alternatives. This paper will address the many factors that make up love and relationships such as attraction, human need, and the three types of love companionate, passionate, and compassionate. According to research, psychologist have identified the factors of attraction as similarities, …show more content…
Relationships usually occur because individuals become familiar with the individual. In social psychology, this effect is sometimes called the familiarity principle. In studies of interpersonal attraction, the more often a person is seen by someone, the more pleasing and likeable that person appears to be. Another factor of attraction is equitable. The equity theory is not the overall amount one receives from a relationship that is important, it is whether or not what one gives and what one gets are equal. No one wants to be in a one-sided relationship were they put more into it than the other. Playing hard to get is another factor of attraction which is when individuals chose to be selective in their …show more content…
Companionate love is characterized by deep caring for another person, comfort and trust, and enjoyment of shared experiences. Passionate love involves intense emotional arousal and physical attraction and compassionate love is the care giving type of love. The difference in the three is that companionate love is when you deeply care about the individual and are looking for a long term relationship, where as passionate love is like lust it only last for a little while, and compassionate love is more like a brother/sister love. Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of love is that with passion, there is the initial infatuation, the strong emotions, and the attraction. With intimacy, the lovers become closer, inter-dependant, and psychologically their self-concepts begin to overlap. Commitment is the most volitional of the three, the decision to take steps to maintain the love and the