Sternberg's Theory Of Love: The Different Forms Of Self-Conscious Emotions

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1. Self-Conscious Emotions (p.298): This concept appears sometime after the first 18 months of life. It is important because it includes that feelings that one has regarding themselves. It is a sense of self. The reason that these emotions appear after the primary emotions is because it requires self-awareness and consciousness. These emotions include but are not limited to pride, embarrassment, jealousy, and guilt. I find it interesting that there is still debate on when these emotions occur and the sequence that these emotions occur in.

2. Separation Protest (p.301): This concept is important in parenting because parents need to realize that their children do not think as logically when they are younger. Children begin to cry in

This theory involves three different dimensions which include passion, intimacy, and commitment. When combined in different ways, these dimensions show different kinds of love. The different forms of love discussed in our text are infatuation, affectionate love, fatuous love, and consummate love. In my own life I have only experienced a couple different forms of the love that Sternberg describes. The two forms that I know I have experienced are affectionate love and infatuation. Consummate love is a type of love that I have never experienced. I hope to one day reach consummate love with someone and spend the rest of my life with him. I realize that not everyone gets to experience that kind of love, but I’m hopeful

I believe that everyone has experienced this type of love at some point in their lives. According to Sternberg’s theory, infatuation includes passion, but does not have the intimacy and commitment aspects. In my life, fatuous love comes in the form of crushes on celebrities and other strangers in my life. This kind of love is from afar with no bond or connection made in person. Many would describe this kind of love as love at first sight. There is passion involved because there are sexual desires for that person. However, when I have a celebrity crush on someone, there is no actual conversation between us and therefore there is no intimacy involved. There is no connection made between us, which is necessary for that aspect. There is also no commitment involved. This is due to the fact that me and my celebrity crush have not made plans to be in each others lives, which would also require the intimacy aspect in this case. There is no way we could make plans for our futures together without the initial intimacy or