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Sternberg’s Love Triangle  Intimacy: the experiences of warmth toward another person that arises from feelings of closeness, bondedness, and connectedness to the other. Intimacy also involves the desire to give and receive emotional support and to share one’s innermost thoughts with the other.

 Passion: an intense romantic or sexual desire for another person, which is accompanied by physiological arousal

 Commitment/Decision: a component of love that involves both short-term and long-term issues. In the short term there is the issue of deciding that one loves the other person. In the long term there is the issue of one’s willingness to make a commitment to maintain the relationship through good times and bad. Although decision rarely precedes commitment, some become committed to a relationship before they even decide whether they love the other person. Others, however, never make a lasting commitment or openly acknowledge loving the other person.

Liking = Intimacy Alone True friendship without i l t Intimacy

Romantic Love= Intimacy + Passion Lovers physically and emotionally attracted to each other but without commitment as in

Passion

Infatuation = Passion Alone Passionate, obsessive love at first sight without intimacy or commitment

Consummate Love: A complete love consisting of all three components- an

Fatuous Love= Passion + Commitment Commitment based on passion but without time for intimacy to develop-shallow

Companionate Love= Intimacy + Commitment Long-term committed friendship such as

Commitment

Empty Love = Commitment Alone Decision to love each other...