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  2. Theories of love - Wikipedia

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    They asked other groups of participants to judge how weird or natural those sentences sounded when the word "love" in those definitions was substituted by targeted sub-category terms. When a prototypical sub-type substituted, such as friendship, the sentence sounded subjectively natural. However, when a peripheral sub-type, such as infatuation ...

  3. Interpersonal relationship - Wikipedia

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    Two popular definitions of love are Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love and Fisher's theory of love. [4] [5] [6] Sternberg defines love in terms of intimacy, passion, and commitment, which he claims exist in varying levels in different romantic relationships. Fisher defines love as composed of three stages: attraction, romantic love, and ...

  4. Colour wheel theory of love - Wikipedia

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    The colour wheel theory of love is an idea created by the Canadian psychologist John Alan Lee that describes six love [1] styles, using several Latin and Greek words for love. First introduced in his book Colours of Love: An Exploration of the Ways of Loving (1973), Lee defines three primary, three secondary, and nine tertiary love styles ...

  5. Interpersonal attraction - Wikipedia

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    In social psychology, interpersonal attraction is most-frequently measured using the Interpersonal Attraction Judgment Scale developed by Donn Byrne. [1] It is a scale in which a subject rates another person on factors such as intelligence, knowledge of current events, morality, adjustment, likability, and desirability as a work partner.

  6. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  7. Triangular theory of love - Wikipedia

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    "The amount of love one experiences depends on the absolute strength of these three components, and the type of love one experiences depends on their strengths relative to each other." [ 4 ] Different stages and types of love can be explained as different combinations of these three elements; for example, the relative emphasis of each component ...

  8. Emotion - Wikipedia

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    This implies the need to comprehend the current emotional state, mental disposition or other behavioral motivation of a target audience located in a different culture, basically founded on its national, political, social, economic, and psychological peculiarities but also subject to the influence of circumstances and events.

  9. Social penetration theory - Wikipedia

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    Self-disclosure is the key to facilitate relationship development, and involves disclosing and sharing personal information to others. It enables individuals to know each other and plays a crucial role in determining how far a relationship can go, as gradual exploration of mutual selves is essential in the process of social penetration. [1]