PSYC 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Robert Sternberg, Storge, John Alan Lee
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When people love each other, they experience less stress in their lives, stronger immune systems, and better overall health. The middle ages glorified the modern idea of romantic love. Throughout most of western history, marriage was entered into for economic reasons and arranged by the parents. The 19th century brought the idea that romantic love was the most wanted form of a love relationship. Loving another when the love will never be returned. Forms and measures of love- romantic vs companionate love. Passionate love that includes sexual desire, physical attraction, and elation. Lee"s research identified six basic ways to love: eros: the romantic lover, ludus: the game-playing lover, storge: the quiet, calm lover, mania: the crazy lover, pragma: the practical lover, agape: the selfless lover. Sternberg"s triangular theory of love: passion, intimacy, and commitment. Scales have been developed to measure love. Most scales measure romantic, not companionate, love. We love because another person reinforces positive feeling in ourselves.
