Stenberg triangular theory of love

1. PRESENTING BY
 Syed Uzair (4929)
 Syed Bilal (4930)
 Syed Saad (5162)
 Tooba Faheem (5274)
 Mariam Sultan (5229)

2. TABLE OF CONTENT
 Introduction
 Sternberg's triangular theory of love
 Components of love
 Forms of love
 Feelings
 Evaluation
 Analysis
 Conclusion
 Action plan

3.  ROBERT STENBERG
ROBERT STERNBERG -BORN DECEMBER 8, 1949 -AN
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST. KNOWN FOR TRIARCHIC
THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE AND TRIANGULAR THEORY OF
LOVE.

4. STENBERG
TRIANGULAR THEORY
OF LOVE
 Sternberg's triangular theory of love
was developed after the identification
of passionate love and companionate
love.

5. COMPONENT OF LOVE
There are three components
of love.
 Intimacy
 Passion
 Commitment

6. INTIMACY
 Intimacy involves feelings of
closeness, trust, and the sharing of
one’s innermost thoughts, which can
involve into a heightened level of trust
between two people.

7. PASSION
 Passion is the motivational
component of love and reflects
attraction, romance, and sexual
desire, which is driven by sexual
attraction.

8. COMMITMEN
T
 Commitment is the decision to
maintain a long-term caring
relationship, which is a conscious
effort to keep the love and
connection in a relationship going.

9. FORMS OF LOVE

10. LIKING/FRIENDSHIP
 It refers to the set of feelings one experiences in relationships that can truly be
characterized as friendship. That is closeness, bondedness and warmth

11. INFATUATED LOVE:
 Romantic relationships often start out as infatuated love and become romantic love as
intimacy develops over time. Without developing intimacy or commitment, infatuated love
may disappear suddenly.

12. EMPTY LOVE:
 Empty love is characterized by commitment without intimacy or passion. A stronger love
may deteriorate into empty love.

13. ROMANTIC LOVE
 Romantic love "derives from a combination of the intimate and passionate components of
love.

14. COMPANIONATE LOVE:
 Companionate love is an intimate, non-passionate type of love that is stronger than
friendship because of the element of long-term commitment.

15. FATUOUS LOVE:
 Fatuous love can be exemplified by a whirlwind courtship and marriage.

16. CONSUMMATE LOVE:
 Consummate love is the complete form of love, representing an ideal relationship which
people strive towards.

17. FEELINGS

18. EVALUATION

19. ANALYSIS

20. CONCLUSION
 Love improves the quality of our lives.
 Love can’t be between two peoples.
 This theory is based on couples of same age.
 The complete form of love is consummate love.

21. ACTION PLAY