Humanistic Model

Relationships are important in every aspect of life for individual, whether it is a platonic one or intimate involvement. As we see in the humanistic model, relationships fulfill are psychological needs that predominantly consist of basic necessities such as food, water, homeostasis etc, as we move further up the pyramid we notice that a sense of security falls in, further up there is a sense of belonging, in terms of friendship, family and even sexually intimacy. Esteem is another important level of the humanistic model as it discusses about the sense of achievement, self-esteem and confidence however the top spot is acquired by self-actualization, it describes how relationships make us creative, improve morality, train us to believe A positive
Every shares a different bond with each individual, we often tend to act, think and speak differently with friends or significant others in comparison to our parents. We tend build ties and bonds with like minded individuals in order to attain self-disclosure along with self management. Our beliefs, preconceived notions and assumptions play a major role in building a healthy a relationship, this is with regard to the media portrayal of love, intimacy and relationships. It is often affected by the thoughts put in our head by our family and near ones. It is a well known fact that, building a relationship is much harder than breaking one. This is clearly depicted in case of “The Saga of Sam and Alex” where casual flirting led to one thing and another further leading to a two year long relationship. The build up of two years took two weeks to end, this shows the delicateness of any relationship. When we meet someone, our adaptive unconscious mind which is "always on" starts making appraisals. This is an involuntary act. The acknowledgment of what is happening and what will happen next leads to better
In the case of Alex and Sam, a brief flattery compliment led to the feeling of affection. CONVO. The process of falling in love is a sex linked process which depends on the chemistry between the two individuals involved in it, the basic root of ‘Love’ begins with effortlessly talking to each other whilst expressing emotions and thoughts keeping all bondages and ego boundaries aside. All this leads to the feeling of ‘goodness’. In the case of Alex and Sam, the prime base required for any individual to get attracted to another worked in their favor as the geographical proximity was minimal due to the fact that they were in the same class and furthermore the thoughts and activities seemed of similar interest as seen when both of them realized they were in the same course, had similar opinions about their teacher and even the interest generated in watching a film. The simplistic approach of complimenting fulfilled the similarity in thoughts further reciprocators