Steinberg's 7 Types of Love

Question 1

A type of love where the intimacy or liking component is present, but feelings of passion or commitment in the romantic sense is missing.

Answer 1

Friendship

Question 2

A type of love characterized by feelings of lust and physical passion without liking and commitment. There hasn’t been enough time for a deeper love to develop.

Answer 2

Infatuation

Question 3

A type of love characterized by commitment without passion or intimacy.

Answer 3

Empty Love

Question 4

A type of love that bonds people emotionally through physical passion and intimacy. Long-term commitment or future plans are still undecided.

Answer 4

Romantic Love

Question 5

A type of love that is intimate but non-passionate, with the commitment component also present.

Answer 5

Companionate Love

Question 6

A type of love where commitment and passion are present, but intimacy is absent. Typified as a whirlwind courtship in which passion motivates a commitment without the stabilizing influence of intimacy.

Answer 6

Fautuous Love

Question 7

A type of love made up of all three components: Intimacy, Passion and Commitment. Regarded as the ideal relationship.

Answer 7

Consummate Love