Triangular theory of love

someone, maybe even in love. The main problem is that these two are separated by a very thin line, as a matter of fact many people confuse attraction with love. These people believe that the feelings they have for the other person are so strong that they passed the attraction phase and walked into what is so called “love”. These feelings usually lead to relationships and this is what psychologists have been trying to explain; they say that a relationship is characterized by “love, care,…

The primary focus of her talk was to explore the largest paradox she has uncovered in her observations of erotic couples: the coexistence of love and desire. Perel claims that a rise in individualistic ideals in modern society as well as the glorification of romanticism has resulted in a “crisis of desire,”…

People, drawn together by common aid and companionship, rely on one another for the guidance and love needed to survive. Whether platonic or romantic, people partake in the endeavor for emotional closeness to experience genuine and fulfilling relationships. In one psychological study by Dr. Aron titled “The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness,” emotional intimacy is produced through a series of 36 questions. These questions are divided into three sets of 12, with each set…

From Childhood To Adulthood Moral theory is set in place to help us distinguish between the good and bad of our actions. As a child there were many actions I chose to partake in that were not acceptable by my parents but were strongly enforced by my peers. As an adult, we are expected to only partake in actions that are acceptable by society. As children we become fascinated by actions that bring us into the center of attention, making us a popular amongst our peers, as well as increasing our…

Love could very well be considered a universal human phenomenon; we all need to love and to be loved. The human need for love is placed in our knowledge of our individual loneliness within the natural and social world. This is one of the existential contrasts, in which characterize the human condition: “Man is alone and he is related at the same time” (Fromm) . Love in its various forms acts as a catalyst of interactive relationships and, due to its central importance, it is one of the most…

INTRODUCTION To explain terrorism through the explanation of social learning theory, one must understand why and how an individual can be or engaged in any kind of terrorist act. The act of terrorism may be in form of a group attack or an individual attack where there is just one person involves rather than a group. However, the act of one person may be just a self-instructed act, or an act following another terrorist act. The definition of terrorism is very hard to find as there is no absolute…

Commitment is deciding to love and maintain that love, which is shown towards the end of the song where both parties agreed to change their ways and, “come back home.” Intimacy is the feelings of emotional closeness, which is also shown throughout the entirety of the song. The fact that both partners struggle with the breakup, and have a hard time with seeing pictures of each other, helps show that they are emotionally close. The “love” in this song could also be labeled as Misattribution…

Hierarchy of Needs is a psychological theory organized into a triangular, tier model. At the top of the model is full self-fulfillment, which Maslow believed can never actually be reached until we, as human beings, have satisfied our basic and psychological needs. Along with their medical needs, Farmer dedicates his life to insure that his patients have their physiological,…

According to dictionary.com, theory is defined as “a supposition or a system of ideas to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.” One of the things that Dr. Saliba puts emphasis on is that “people are a bunch of ‘spoutas’ who are always doing something that they are not ‘spouta’ be doing, which is why the many different theories are not, and probably will never become laws. This ties in directly to Walter Lippmann’s thesis of of…

Family Structure The Hoover family in Little Miss Sunshine has six primary family members. These family members are Richard (father), Sheryl (mother), Dwayne (eldest son), Olive (daughter), Frank Ginsberg (maternal uncle), and Grandpa Edwin (paternal grandfather). Each one of these characters are unique in their very own way. Richard is the father of the family and struggles to sell his self-help program. He is ambitious, a perfectionist and slightly anal. Sheryl is the mother and she is the…