FAD-2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-10: Unrequited Love, Merriam-Webster, Storge
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A strong affection for one another arising out of kinship or personal ties, attraction based on sexual desire, and affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interest . Love is the will to extend one"s self for the purpose of nurturing ones own or another spiritual growth love is as love does. Love is based on mutual affection and emotion. When we love someone we feel something stronger toward him or her than we do toward others. Attachment theory: a theory postulating that the way in which infants form attachments early in life will affect various aspects of life, such as interpersonal relationships, personality, emotion regulation, and self concept throughout later life. When the caregiver departs, the child is often highly distressed. The child is generally ambivalent when they return. The child will not explore very much regardless of who is there. Adult romantic relationships correspond to the infant attachments: secure attachments:
