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LOVE QUIZ
By Maria Paz Bohorquez 7a
1. How is Sternbergs Theory of love divided?
2. Define an Empty love relationship
3. Which type of relationship characterizes a true friendship? Why?
4. What are the tree elements that compose this theory?
5.Who created the triangular theory love?
6.What does this theory explains?
7. Describe the Romantic love relationship
8. What does the intimacy component refers to?
9. When there is a balance between the three elements, how do we call it?
10. What is an example of fatuous love?
11. How do you know you have passion in a relationship?
12. How many types of love are in the theory?
13. What does decision/commitment component refers to?
14. What is the meaning of a Consummate love?
15. Give an example of a Fatuous love
16. What type of love do you consider Jane and Stradlater have?
17. Do Jane and Holden have a Romantic love?
18. Many people think Romeo and Juliet had an ideal love (Consummate love),
is this true? Why?
19. Does the setting of the story affect the type of love Romeo and Juliet
have?
KEY ANSWERS
1.Sternbergs theory describes types of love based on three different scales:
intimacy, passion, and commitment. It is divided in different kind of
relationships based on the tree elements.
2. Empty love is a form of love that involves commitment but without passion
or intimacy. Most of relationships often begin as empty love.
3. Sternbergs theory says that LINKIN characterizes true friendships, because
is where a person feels a bondedness, a warmth, and a closeness with
another, but not intense passion or long-term commitment.
4. The tree elements in the theory are: intimacy, passion and commitment.
5. The creator of the Triangular theory is the psychologist Robert Sternberg.
6. The triangular theory of love explains the topic of love in an interpersonal
relationship.
7.Romantic lovers are bonded emotionally (as in liking)and physically through
passionate arousal. The romantic lovers feel attraction and attachment.
8. The intimacy component refers to feelings of closeness, connectedness, and
bondedness in loving relationships.
9. When all the three pillars of love are combine (intimacy, passion, and
commitment), we call it a Consummate love relationship.
10. A successful long-term marriage in which there is no more passion.
11. Passion is not the same thing as sex, you can have sex without passion, and
you can have passion without sex. Passion is how much you think about
somebody, its how excited you are when they call, or how much your world
comes into harmony when youre around them.
12. In the triangular love theory there are seven different types of love.
13. The commitment component refers to, in the short term, the decision that
one loves someone else, and in the long term, the commitment to maintain
that love.