Sternberg Attachment Model
Attachment Style and Relationships Paper
Janice Guevara
August 11, 2020
Psy 220
(Part 1) Three main components make up Sternberg’s model of love, passion, intimacy and commitment. From those three they are set up into different combinations to make seven sub-types of love. Passion can be described as the component that reflects romance, attraction and sexual needs in the relationship. Many can get confused on how passion works in a relationship. As we know, passion is powerful feeling, whether it is from love or hate. Someone can love someone but have no passion, as well be full of passion and deeply in love with that person. Intimacy is feelings of trust, the ability to share that you truly are with you partner, the feeling of closeness …show more content…
For example, secure attachment, people with this kind of attachment find it easy to get comfortable and close with others. They don’t worry about being abandoned or being to close to a person as well as being too dependant. They are comfortable with who they are and are found to have an easier time to find love and develop an actual deep relationship. Relationships can last longer and are able to accept and support their significant other in spite their faults. The relationship is often characterized by happiness, trust and …show more content…
This is the person who is found to be clingy and often ask if others really like or love them. People with anxious attachment come from a home in which the parents were inconsistent with them. Parents at times were warm and sometimes not. The child would be more of an inconvenience to the parent’s schedule. They might have loved the child, but did not show it or did not know how to show it and if they did, it usually was not in the best way. This attachment in a person is usually the one that makes the relationship hard, as they often question the partners feeling towards them. They are often possessive of the other person as well as jealous. It is more of an obsession, they tend to break up with the person frequently and get back with them. The person can get very emotional and angry when talking about differences they
Janice Guevara
August 11, 2020
Psy 220
(Part 1) Three main components make up Sternberg’s model of love, passion, intimacy and commitment. From those three they are set up into different combinations to make seven sub-types of love. Passion can be described as the component that reflects romance, attraction and sexual needs in the relationship. Many can get confused on how passion works in a relationship. As we know, passion is powerful feeling, whether it is from love or hate. Someone can love someone but have no passion, as well be full of passion and deeply in love with that person. Intimacy is feelings of trust, the ability to share that you truly are with you partner, the feeling of closeness …show more content…
For example, secure attachment, people with this kind of attachment find it easy to get comfortable and close with others. They don’t worry about being abandoned or being to close to a person as well as being too dependant. They are comfortable with who they are and are found to have an easier time to find love and develop an actual deep relationship. Relationships can last longer and are able to accept and support their significant other in spite their faults. The relationship is often characterized by happiness, trust and …show more content…
This is the person who is found to be clingy and often ask if others really like or love them. People with anxious attachment come from a home in which the parents were inconsistent with them. Parents at times were warm and sometimes not. The child would be more of an inconvenience to the parent’s schedule. They might have loved the child, but did not show it or did not know how to show it and if they did, it usually was not in the best way. This attachment in a person is usually the one that makes the relationship hard, as they often question the partners feeling towards them. They are often possessive of the other person as well as jealous. It is more of an obsession, they tend to break up with the person frequently and get back with them. The person can get very emotional and angry when talking about differences they