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A 3 page paper which examines love as it relates to Robert Sternberg’s three dimensions of love. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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forms and when asked to explain what love is many people will likely have a different answer. In truth, love is very allusive and sometimes quite obscure. The following paper
examines, briefly, Robert Sternbergs three dimensions of love and then presents two different types of love, in terms of relationships, as they apply to the dimensions, or not.
Love and the Three Dimensions of Love According to Sternbergs theory it seems that, as the name suggests, there are three dimensions, or
aspects of love. The author(s) notes, "the triangular theory of love is so called because it holds that love can be understood in terms of three components that together can
be viewed as forming the vertices of a triangle....The three components of love...are an intimacy component, a passion component, and a decision/commitment component" (Sternberg; Barnes, 1989; 120). These are aspects
of love, it seems, that refer to love that is held between a couple. In terms of what each component entails they note that "Intimacy refers to close, connected, and
bonded feelings in loving relationships" (Sternberg; Barnes, 1989; 120). The component that is passion involves those particular drives that, as assumed, would lead to a sexual closeness as well
as the emotions of like, and physical attraction (Sternberg; Barnes, 1989). Where the decision or commitment component is involves Sternbergs theory involves two different perspectives, one that is short term
and one that is long term: "The short-term one is the decision that one loves someone. The long-term aspect is the commitment to maintain that love" (Sternberg; Barnes, 1989; 121).
If one envisions a relationship that is new, a relationship that is made up of two people who love each other, and are "in love," it could well be
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