LOVE

 

 

St.Thomas Aquinas (13th c.)

 

 

amicitia = friendship

 

eros = erotic affection

 

agape = altruism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Bowlby (1960)

 

Attachment style based on:

 

self esteem

interpersonal trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYPES

 

 

High SE

 

 

Low SE




High T


Secure

 

 

 

Preoccupied



Low T

 

Fear of Intimacy

 

Fearful-

Avoidant

 

 

 

Clyde & Susan Hendrick (1986)

 

GAME-PLAYING = avoiding commitment and intimacy (multiple partners)

 

 

POSSESSIVE = fear of losing partner, clingy

 

LOGICAL = calculating judgments

 

SELFLESS = altruistic

 

EROTIC = sexually attracted

 

COMPANIONATE = selfless, erotic, friendship, mutual respect

 

 

 

 

(PASSIONATE = infatuation, short-lived)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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