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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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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Categorizing love? The threshold to the infinite definition of love is many. Although many cynics like me‚ may have thought it impossible‚ sociologists over the past several decades have been attempting to categorize and quantify the notion of love. Sternberg in 1986 sees love in terms of the interaction among three independent aspects: passion‚ intimacy (two components of love that many of us need no help in identifying or do I dare say practicing?) and the “C” word that sends many of us rushing
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Weaknesses of Psychoanalytic Theory and Flawed Theory Freudian psychoanalysis focuses on uncovering unconscious motivations and breaking down defenses. Many therapists feel that psychoanalysis is the most effective technique to identify and deal with internal conflicts and feelings that contribute to dysfunctional behavior. The problem with the above information is this disorder needs to be diagnosed before it can be treated. Most individuals fail to report issues of stalkers due to the fear of
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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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Weaknesses in the Evolution Theory A person probing the universe he lives in will encounter 250 billion galaxies‚ each the home of about 300 billion stars. Everyone of these magnificent systems operates in accordance with specific laws and in a particular order. There is a plan‚ a design and a balance in every part of the universe. The Earth occupies a minuscule part of this vast universe and it too has a perfectly designed system incorporating extremely complex and delicate balances. Unlike any
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despite change and development‚ many of the original ideas of levels of processing have survived and that as a research framework it has been substantially successful in encouraging the building of a dala base that can serve as a foundation for future theory construction. RKSUMK I/influence des niveaux de traitcment sur la recherche touchanl la memoire (Craik & Lockhart‚ 1972) est passcc en revue et un certain nombre de critiques concepluelles el empiriques sont cvaluees. La recherche depuis 1972 a pcrmis
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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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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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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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