states‚ "According to the theory‚ love has three components: (a) intimacy‚ which encompasses the feelings of closeness‚ connectedness‚ and bondedness one experiences in loving relationships; (b) passion‚ which encompasses the drives that lead to romance‚ physical attraction‚ and sexual consummation; and (c) decision/commitment‚ which encompasses‚ in the short term‚ the decision that one loves another‚ and in the long term‚ the commitment to maintain that love. The amount of love one experiences depends
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Writing Assignment Gary C. Sanders‚ Sr. Professor Thomas Dunn‚ Instructor Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love I was most impressed with Professor Robert J. Sternberg’s Theory of love which simply states that love is made up of three interconnected components: intimacy‚ passion and decision/commitment. They are thought of as the triangular effect that displays intimacy in terms of closeness‚ bonding and warmth. It also shows passion as the sexual feelings and desires brought on and it
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Robert Sternberg an American psychologist gave us the Triarchic Theory of Love. Wherein he shows us the different components of love‚ namely: intimacy‚ passion and decision/ commitment. This theory shows that love can be understood in terms of the three components‚ and they can be viewed as forming the triangle. Intimacy acts as the top vertex of the triangle‚ passion acts as the left point of the triangle and decision/commitment acts as the right point of the triangle. According to Sternberg‚ intimacy
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Marina Burgos Theory of Love PSY/220 9/1/13 Diane Winn-Clouse Part I The three dimensions of love are; Intimacy‚ passion‚ and commitment‚ according to Sternberg’s “Triangulor Theory of Love” (1986‚ 1987). These are the three ingredients that are defined to love. In our readings this week it is explained to us about different types of love that either include one or two of these dimensions‚ with the possibility of all three; Positive Psychology chapter 11 (Close Relationships
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Personality Research (Inc.) B DESCRIBING THE NEOCLASSICAL PSYCHE EMBEDDED IN STERNBERG S TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE RHETT DIESSNER‚ NELLIE FROST‚ AND TITUS SMITH Lewis-Clark State College‚ Lewiston‚ ID‚ USA Stemberg ’s Triangular Theory of Love was examined to identify the structure of the psyche implied in that theory‚ Stemberg ’s theory posits three components of human functioning to explain the phenomenon of love in close relationships: intimacy‚ passion‚ and commitment. Analysis of these
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About love Psychologists and researchers have proposed a number of different theories of love. Love is a basic human emotion‚ but understanding how and why it happens is not necessarily easy. In fact‚ for a long time‚ many people suggested that love was simply something that science couldn’t understand. The following are four of the major theories proposed to explain liking‚ love‚ and emotional attachment. Scales of Liking and Loving The nature of love has been explored by a number of theorists
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A Triangular Theory of Love This article presents a triangular theory of love. According to the theory‚ love has three components: (a) intimacy‚ which encompasses the feelings of closeness‚ connectedness‚ and bondedness one experiences in loving relationships; (b) passion‚ which encompasses the drives that lead to romance‚ physical attraction‚ and sexual consummation; and (c) decision/commitment‚ which encompasses‚ in the short term‚ the decision that one loves another‚ and in the long term‚ the
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Love and Attachment Makenzie Harms Introduction to Psychology Tom Oswald March 21‚ 2018 Love and Attachment There are both healthy and unhealthy forms of attachment styles that fuse with the Duplex theory‚ which are tied to neuroanatomy and neurochemistry in the brain‚ with many factors that define which attachment style two people have. Robert Sternberg‚ an American psychologist‚ compiled a triangular theory of love. It is broken down into three categories‚ its cornerstones including intimacy
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Robert Sternberg had his own theory on love. He developed his triangular theory of love that consists of three dimensions; passion‚ intimacy‚ and commitment. First is passion. Passion is a powerful and sometimes uncontrollable emotion. It is an intense pining to become one with another. To have passion with another you experience fire‚ excitement‚ arousal‚ affection‚ sexual love‚ and strong felt emotion. Passion is one of the key factors in a romantic love‚ when passion is the only thing present
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Harlow’s Theory: Motherly love Jose Hernandez Instructor: Mrs. Martinez‚ M‚ A El Paso Community College Harlow’s Theory: Love The feeling of love is‚ deep‚ soft‚ satisfying. Because of its affectionate and intimate nature it is viewed by some as an inapplicable topic for experimental research. But‚ whatever our own perception may be‚ our assigned mission as psychologists is to analyze all facets of human and animal behavior into their component variables. (scientific
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