week 2 assign three dimensions of love part
There is a theory called the Triangular Theory of Love and was created by Robert Sternberg. His theory about love is based on three dimensions and they are intimacy, passion, and commitment. Intimacy refers to a mutual understanding, warm affection, and mutual concern for their partner's welfare. Passion is a strong emotion, excitement, and physiological arousal, often tied to sexual desire, and attraction. Commitment is the conscious decision to stay dedicated to someone and to stay with a relationship for the long haul. By combining all these dimensions of love it describes several varieties of love and specific components of romantic and companionate love. All these different types of loves are available, so everyone has a chance to experience at least one type of love. The six different types of love are romantic love, companionate love, fatuous love, infatuated love, empty love, and consummate love. To begin with, romantic love is a combination of intimacy and passion. Romantic love does not need commitment. Romance between two people can happen without any type of commitment. For example the story, “The Notebook”. The two young characters, “Noah and Allie”, were young teenagers that had a romantic summer, but did was not able to continue the relationship after the summer ended. Next, companionate love is the components of intimacy and commitment. This is a slow developing love built on a lot of intimacy and a long commitment. This is the type of love when young passions fade away in marriages. What is left over in the marriage is companionate love. Companionate love is a love that contains less emotion, calmer and more serene than passionate love. It reflects that your spouse has become your best friend. This type of companionship makes you feel secure and at home all the time. Another type of love is, fatuous love. This is made up of the components passion and commitment. This type of love is considered blind and immature. This describe people who