PSYC 3630 Lecture Notes - Erich Fromm, Bantu Peoples In South Africa, First Meetings
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40; by 24 more americans married than cohabitating. Love and commitment: great majority of american view love as the primary reasons for getting and staying married, romantic love can be defined in multiple ways: What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal: committing oneself to another person involves working to develop a relationship. Sternberg"s triangular theory of love: sternberg"s triangular theory of love: 3 components necessary to authentic love. Passion: refers to the drives that lead to romance, physical attraction, sexual consummation, and the like in a loving relationship --- develops slower than intimacy. Commitment: the decision/commitment component of love consists of not only deciding to love someone, but also deciding to maintain that love --- slowest to develop. Consummate love: composed of all three component, is complete love a kind of love toward which many of strive, especially in romantic relationships.
