The Characteristics Of Love: The Need For Love

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Following up the persuader’s characteristics is the message they choose. The message is similar to technique being how there are numerous ways to go about delivering a message. For instance there is emotion, framing, and one-sided and two-sided messages. Emotion in general translates to the way the persuader takes advantage of your emotions to pull you in and make you trust them. This is also a technique they use to convince you and change your stance on an opinion. Framing can be divided into two groups; gain framed and loss framed. A better way to think of this is by thinking of an actual picture frame. If someone prefers to use the gain framed method they are focusing on how an individual will benefit from their opportunity. So, they …show more content…

People build relationships based on several elements to building relationships. People are attracted to those close to them in proximity, to those they find attractive, to others that are similar to them, they are attracted to people they find beneficial, and to people that are “hard to get” (Feenstra, 2013).
Supplementary to building relationships is the need for love. There are three variables of love; companionate, passionate, and compassionate. Companionate love is a comfortable love that can be maintained in a long-term relationship or marriage. Passionate love is an intense love that is typical of new relationships, but tends to dwindle and transform into companionate love with time. Compassionate love is one shared between parent and offspring.
Furthermore, there are two relationship types; communal and exchange relationships. Communal relationships occur when each partner tends to the needs of the other without thought. And exchange relationships is just the opposite. One or both partners expect immediate compensation for any efforts (Feenstra, …show more content…

Much like all other areas of social psychology there are a number of social dilemmas; commons dilemma, resource dilemma, and prisoner’s dilemma. Commons dilemmas can be described with data allowance and data usage among a family. A family is allotted one-hundred GB of data each month. If only the two children use the data for school the one-hundred GB will be sufficient. However, if everyone uses the data for recreational purposes including gaming and streaming, then the one-hundred GB will no longer be sufficient causing everyone to lose out rather than the two children benefiting from it. Resource dilemma is much like it sounds. They are dilemmas caused by lack of resources. When groups of people use the same resources with no thought to drying up that resource. Often times, laws are put into effect to protect natural and non-renewable resources (Feenstra, 2013). Lastly, prisoner’s dilemma is more of a game between two people. This dilemma is best described in terms of criminal justice. Two people are separated and given the same deal. Tell on the other person and you go free, don’t tell and you go to prison. It is like a game of Russian roulette. One person makes a decision hoping the other person made the decision that benefits them. Both people relying on the other for their

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