Chapter 2 - Lesson 4

• LOVE


  A complex phenomenon characterized by an affective and cognitive inclination to someone and a set of social behaviors geared towards cohesion
• INTIMACY


  The psychosocial component of love; knowing and being known by someone in a deeply personal level; emotional closeness and connection
• PASSION


  The emotive and physical component of love; drive towards sexual and romantic attraction
• COMMITMENT


  Decision to engage and maintain a loving relationship
• RELATIONSHIP


  Social bond between and among individuals manifested through communication and other of interaction. The bond may be biological or determined by social contracts such as social consensus or laws
• In February 15, 2015, the study "Filipinos most expressive about Love among Asia Pacific Countries - Study" presented that Filipinos say "I love you" approximately 17 times in a week, making us sixth among the countries in the survey, which are most articulate and expressive
• Robert Sternberg, a renowned psychologist: '"What does it mean "to love" someone? Does it always mean the same thing, and if not, in what ways do loves differ from each other?"'
• LOVE


  A human experience differently defined and conceptualized
• CULTURAL UNIVERSAL


  • A phenomenon experienced similarly by people across time and cultures
  • Love is an experience that transcends time and culture
• SOCIAL PHENOMENON


  • An event or experience which ensues within our interaction and relationship with other people
  • Love entails both communication and language
• EMOTIONS


  Physiological responses that we evaluate psychologically as we experience particular life events
• BASIC EMOTIONS


  • Joy
  • Sadness
  • Fear
  • Disgust
  • Anger
• COMPLEX EMOTION


  Combinations of basic emotions
• LOVE


  A complex emotion
• NERVOUS SYSTEM


  • A conglomerate of organs (including our brain, our spinal cord, etc.) responsible for our ability to process and transmit essential information among the many organs in our body
  • The information comes in the form of electrical signal running along our NEURONS (nerve cell), which movement is facilitated by our NEUROTRANSMITTERS – a variety of chemicals found in our nervous system
• Neurobiological experience of love

  • Associated with the activation of the VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA (VTA) of our brain which is just behind our left eyes
  • Associated with the increased amount of ENDORPHINS – hormones believed to provide humans a good mood
• PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY


  A collective term, which pertains to the psychoanalytic tradition forwarded by Sigmund Freud (a Viennese neurologist), as well as the succeeding theories that support, redefine, or refute his propositions
• PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY


  • Posits that we have desires and motives fueled by our life (EROS) and death (THANATOS) instincts
  • Emphasizes the influence of our early life experiences (from conception to around six years old) in our personality development – referred to as FORMATIVE YEARS
  • Crucial to this life stage is our relationship with our primary caregiver (typically the mother)
  • The psychic bond (attachment) with the primary caregiver influences our relationships in later life
  • Love can be seen as manifestation of our eros and placement of our libido (life energy) unto an object (a thing or person towards who we transfer our psychic energy)
• COLOR WHEEL OF LOVE

  Suggested by John Alan Lee (1973), a Canadian psychologist, that there are different types of love: eros (sexual and romantic), philia (friendly), and storge (parental/filial love), pragma (practical love), agape (universal love), and philautia (self love)
• TRIANGULAR MODEL OF LOVE


  Proposed by Sternberg (1986), a psychologist, that love has three interlocking dimensions: passion, intimacy, and commitment
• TRIANGULAR MODEL OF LOVE

  • Passion refers to the physical/emotional aspect
  • Intimacy pertains to the psychological/relational aspect
  • Commitment pertains to the agency component, that is the choice we make with regards to engaging and maintaining the loving relationship
  • The combination of these dimensions yields a particular love type
• ROMANTIC LOVE


  Characterized by intense passion- "a state of intense longing for union with your partner"
• COMPANIONATE LOVE


  Characterized by intense intimacy-emotional closeness-which is also characteristic of liking
• LOVE LANGUAGES


  Unique ways through which we give and receive love, as suggested by Gary Chapman: words of affirmation, touch, time, gifts, and acts of service
• Love, although well-studied and variedly-theorized, remains abstract and obscure unless viewed in the context of human relationship
• Aristotle has been widely quoted as referring to humans as social animals, meaning that we survive, thrive, and flourish when we are together such that relating to other humans is not only a sentimental, but also an evolutionary and a practical process
• LOVE


  A complex phenomenon characterized by an affective and cognitive inclination to someone and a set of social behaviors geared towards cohesion
• INTIMACY


  The psychosocial component of love; knowing and being known by someone in a deeply personal level; emotional closeness and connection
• PASSION


  The emotive and physical component of love; drive towards sexual and romantic attraction
• COMMITMENT


  Decision to engage and maintain a loving relationship
• RELATIONSHIP


  Social bond between and among individuals manifested through communication and other of interaction. The bond may be biological or determined by social contracts such as social consensus or laws
• In February 15, 2015, the study "Filipinos most expressive about Love among Asia Pacific Countries - Study" presented that Filipinos say "I love you" approximately 17 times in a week, making us sixth among the countries in the survey, which are most articulate and expressive
• Robert Sternberg, a renowned psychologist: '"What does it mean "to love" someone? Does it always mean the same thing, and if not, in what ways do loves differ from each other?"'
• LOVE


  A human experience differently defined and conceptualized
• CULTURAL UNIVERSAL


  • A phenomenon experienced similarly by people across time and cultures
  • Love is an experience that transcends time and culture
• SOCIAL PHENOMENON


  • An event or experience which ensues within our interaction and relationship with other people
  • Love entails both communication and language
• EMOTIONS


  Physiological responses that we evaluate psychologically as we experience particular life events
• BASIC EMOTIONS


  • Joy
  • Sadness
  • Fear
  • Disgust
  • Anger
• COMPLEX EMOTION


  Combinations of basic emotions
• LOVE


  A complex emotion