Sociology 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Wedding Ring, Pepper Schwartz, Storge
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Intimacy need fulfillment: making mutual decisions, reinforcing each others goals, satisfying each others deeper needs. Wheel keeps turning keeps deepening or can stop at any point and that"s the end of it might not make it all the way through. Triangular theory: toward consummate love: robert sternberg, 3 important elements to love. Intimacy (not sex: share yourself with somebody, emotional support, warmth/bonding, passion, romance, physical attraction, sexuality, decision/commitment, how committed are you, on diagram perfectly matched couple, just as interested as the other person is, 2 triangles represent 2 ppl, going to be doing pretty well: closely matched, orange person is more passionate, blue guy more committed. Romantic love early stages of relationship it or not. Model b: another way of looking at it. Family week 8: in class notes nov 7th: after 10 yrs technically married, but not in stats.