4 Love, Intimacy, and Relationship Flashcards
It means more than just romantic attraction or strong feelings towards
those close to you. It is also stands for the truth, respect and obedience
people hold for God.
According to the Bible
Love is high levels of DOPAMINE and a related hormone,
norepinephrine that is being released during attraction.
According to Science
-a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person.
-attraction that includes sexual desire.
-the strong affection felt by people who have romantic relationship.
According to Dictionaries
A complete phenomenon characterized by an
affective and cognitive inclination to
someone.
LOVE
The psychosocial component of love; knowing and being
known by someone in a deeply personal level; emotional
closeness and connection.
intimacy
The emotive and physical component of love;
drive towards sexual and romantic attraction.
passion
Social bond between and among individuals manifested through
communication and other forms of interaction. This bond may be
biological or determined by social contracts such as social
consensus and laws.
relationship
Decision to engage and maintain a loving
relationship.
commitment
LOVE is a human experience differently
defined and conceptualized.
LOVE AS A HUMAN
EXPERIENCE
is a phenomenon experienced
similarly by people across time and cultures. This
means that human, whether those who lived in the past
or who are living now and regardless of their
geographic location and socio-cultural identities, have
experienced love, in one way or another.
culture universal
Love is viewed as a social phenomenon.
Social phenomena are events or experiences
which ensue within our interaction and
relationship with other people. Loving entails
communication and use of language.
LOVE
as a Social
Phenomenon
Emotions are psychological responses that we
evaluate psyhcologically as we experience life events.
There are basic emotions such as joy, sadness, fear,
disgust, and anger among others. There are also complex
emotions, which are combination of basic emotions in
varying magnitudes and are made intricate by
circumstances surrounding the experience.
LOVE
as an
Emotion
Emotions are psychological responses that we
evaluate psyhcologically as we experience life events.
There are basic emotions such as joy, sadness, fear,
disgust, and anger among others. There are also complex
emotions, which are combination of basic emotions in
varying magnitudes and are made intricate by
circumstances surrounding the experience.
LOVE
as an
Emotion
Neurobiologically, the experience of love is
associated with various parts of our brain.
It is also associated with the increased amount in
endorphins– hormones believed to provide humans a
good mood.
LOVE
as a
Neurobiological
Event
Since love is a rather complex idea, which can be described,
defined and experienced in myriad of ways, several theories and
frameworks offer diverse perspectives on how it can be understood
and explained.
THEORIZING LOVE
It suggests that the kind of attachment (psychic bond)
that we have with our primary caregiver/s, influence
our relationships in later life, including our choice of
romantic partners and the way we relate and operate
within this partnership.
Psychodynamic
View on Love
John Allan Lee suggested that there are different types of
love.
Color Wheel of
Love
Primary Types
EROS (sexual and romantic)
PHILIA (friendly)
STORGE (parental/philial)
Secondary Types
PRAGMA (practical love)
AGAPE (universal love)
PHILAUTIA (self-love)
According to Sternberg, love has three interlocking
dimensions– passion, intimacy, and commitment.
The combination of these dimensions yields a particular
type of love.
Triangular Model of
Love
holds
that love can be understood in terms of
three components that together can be
viewed as forming the vertices of a
triangle. The triangle is used as a
metaphor, rather than as a strict
geometric model. These three
components are intimacy, passion, and
decision/commitment. Each
component manifests a different
triangular theory of love
Hatfield and Rapson suggests that there are two general types of love:
Romantic Love and Companionate Love.
characterized by “ intense passion”.
Romantic Love-
characterized by “intense intimacy”.
Companionate Love
