Triangular trade

The Meaning Of Love Throughout history, Love, has been defined in many different ways. Some people have been trying to find a specific meaning to this word or saying that this word can be classified into a virtue. Therefore, these meanings have created uncertainty and confusion among people. This is because some people have unknown that in the case of love, the more general is the meaning, the more specified would be. In consequence, love can be defined as the expression of the heart’s…

believe in a specific theory or make up their own interpretation of love. Different theories and interpretations can focus on some aspects and leave others. I have chosen a theory that I think best addresses love, Sternberg’s triangular theory of love. Sternberg’s triangular theory of love views love as having three main components to love: passion, intimacy, and commitment. Passion involves feelings of romance, physical attraction, and sexual arousal. Intimacy is based on feelings of…

Marriage and partnership in marriage have always been one of the goals throughout human development in many culture. This idea is strongly promoted from various culture, beliefs and especially mass media. We can see its positive portrait in many pop culture products such as romantic movies, commercials, songs, etc. However, the effects of culture and beliefs toward the ideal of marriage are one of the most influential factors, or even the strongest factor, that affect the existence of this idea…

The triangular theory of love is a theory that emphasizes the dynamic quality of love relationships. According to this theory, love is composed of three elements that are depicted by the points of a triangle, inclusive of intimacy, passion, and commitment, which can be combined in a variety of ways to create different types of love, varying in the degree of love, such as romantic love, infatuation, and empty love. (Yarber, p. 227) The first element in the triangular theory of love is intimacy.…

After a divorce, men report that they unaware of what caused the divorce, whereas women report the husband’s problematic behavior caused the divorce (Crooks & Baur, 2008). There are a plethora of factors that lead to a lasting love relationship: “self-acceptance, acceptance by one’s partner, appreciation of one another, commitment, good communication, realistic expectations, shared interests, equality in decision making, and the ability to face conflict effectively” (Crooks & Baur, 2008). In a…

In 1988, R.J. Sternberg published his Triangular Theory of Love. His model describes the various types of love that exist based on intimacy , passion, and commitment (Sternberg 233). At the center of the triangle, where all three components join, is what Sternberg called “consummate love.” Socially, consummate love is the ideal true love. However, many of the other types of love are mistaken as true love. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez deals with, as the title suggests,…

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP INTERVIEW How long have you been together? Chuck: We 've been together 20 year 's. Jo: I don 't know what he is talking about, because we been together 21 year 's Charles. Stan: 2 yrs. and about 11 months. Shay: It has only been two year 's? No way! I would say we 've been together over 3 yrs., babe we are approaching our fourth summer. If feels like 5 to me. Where did you meet? Chuck: We met over the phone. Jo: We met thru a friend, on the phone. Stan: We met…

Young adulthood is a time where an individual can find love and begin their working career. In this week’s simulation I was in the young adult period of life. During the simulation I was able to find love, begin a stable career, get married, have two children, get promoted in my job, and become both mentally and physically healthy. All of these factors had positively influenced my life. I hope to achieve these goals in my own future of young adulthood. In this paper I will explain the key…

Human, as a social animal, naturally looking for closed relationship to increase the possibility to survive. Among all kinds of relationships, romantic relationship serves as one of the most important one which ensure gene pass from generation to generation. During past several weeks, our team members, Anran, Biying and I, were looking for relationship intervention to help maintain high relationship quality, therefore can increase Subject Well Being. Research indicates that relationship…

opinions about romantic love, however there has been a great amount of research that includes factual information about the concept. Robert Sternberg is considered a pioneer in the concept of love and has developed a theory. This theory is called the triangular theory of love. This theory is considered to be one of the best researched and is used most often. To understand the two situations presented in the prompt, one must first understand Sternberg’s theory. Then one can identify the type…