PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mental Model, Suspension Bridge, Relationship Counseling
13 Apr 2016
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Ancient rome: love was an important social process that was supposed to be politically, economically and practically advantageous, used to not be about love, just about some advantageous. Middle ages: romeo & juliet, passionate love was really dangerous, and you shouldn"t get involved in it. 18th century: more romantic as we lead up to marriage, was still probably not the norm, jane austen. Other cultures: every culture that isn"t a western-modern culture; other cultures (india, What is love: sternberg"s triangular theory of love. Love is far too complex to summarize with one definition. 3 basic building blocks of love, and we can combine them in various different ways: intimacy. Any kind of warmth you would have in a relationship. Associated with a really good friend, or a partner: passion. The intimacy turns up a notch: commitment. I"m going to be with this person, and work to maintain it. Low on all 3 = non-love: an acquaintance, an uncommitted relationship.
