Love

Question 1

Love

Answer 1

This is an affective, personal and durable attachment. It can refer to a wide range of feelings and relations.

Question 2

Types of love

Answer 2

Eros- passion between sexual partners, distracting and spontaneous. Storge- family love, quiet everyday closeness.
Philia- love of friends, respect of ones character.
Agape- love for god or country.

Question 3

Romantic love

Answer 3

This is an idealised attraction between persons, within an erotic context. Idealise the person you’re with, close supportive relationship. Falling in love is often disruptive.

Question 4

One can tell if one is in love

Answer 4

They’re happier, optimistic and energetic.

Question 5

Fischer

Answer 5

Suggests that romantic love is present in almost all societies, however the extent to which romantic love determines social life is variable across cultures.

Question 6

Euro- american societies

Answer 6

Regard romantic love as a necessary pre-condition for lifelong sexual partnerships.

Question 7

Romantic love complex

Answer 7

Emerged in western Europe between the 15th and 18th Centuries, real changes to how people see their relationships. The industrial revolution alienated people, but meant that people met more people and became closer due to drastic changes in their lives. They relied on one another more.

Question 8

Romantic love as part of capitalist individualism

Answer 8

Declining mortality rates between 1450 and 1750 allowed people to believe more strongly in lifelong attachment.