In support of our predictions, compassionate love was found to be associated positively with prosocial behavior, as directed both to close others and to all of humanity. Though it is probably impossible to love any human being too much, we must, says lewis, make sure we do not love him too much in proportion to our love for god. Self report measures for love and compassion research. These two important types of lovestable, affectionate, companionate loue and exciting, intens e, passionate loueare linked with several significant personal, interpersonal, and societal outcomes. Can you think of other features common to the three types of love. The greeks used four words to distinguish between different forms and intensities of love. There are four main categories that love tends to fall into eros, storge, philos, and agape. Learn the different types of love and better understand your. Psychologist robert sternbergs theory describes types of love based on three different scales. Additional questions for the love does study guide a sixweek study program.
Gods love for us is a perfect example and starting place to study on love. The hebrew word is ahabah, and it is used to describe the love between david and jonathan in 1 samuel 20. Teaching kids three different types of biblical love. Four questions concerning love and friendship gupea. Week 1 read the forward, introduction, and chapters 14 week 2 read chapters 59 week 3 read chapters 1014 week 4 read chapters 1520 week 5 read chapters 2126 week 6 read chapters 2731 and the epilogue advice to hosts. Philia is love without romantic attraction and occurs between friends or.
An interdisciplinary unit using pop music to invoke learning. This love is demonstrated in his sending jesus as a sacrifice for our sins. Maternal love is only one type of love that we experience in our lives. Questions for discussion philosophy of love, sex, and marriage. But we ought to be warned about the high stakes of love. Small group discussion questions small group study guide. This love speaks of affection, fondness, or liking. Lee suggested there were three primary forms of love.
Eros love is what you feel when you tell someone youve fallen in love. Triangular theory of love the triangular theory of love explains the topic of love in an interpersonal relationship. Eros passionate love, ludus gameplaying love, storge friendship love, pragma logical, shopping list love, mania possessive, dependent love, and agape allgiving, selfless love. By having students engage in a discussion about the society factors which are prevalent in this song, students will understand rights. Whatever the examples you may use for describing the different forms of love, constantly pointing them to the unwavering, neverending love of god will keep the most important kind of love in the forefront of their minds. Research has concluded that the disciplines of biology, psychology, and philosophy are all important in analyzing love. May 02, 2014 the first love is called phileo love and that is the love that the city of philadelphia was named afterbrotherly love. Types of love relationship the three basic components of love combine to produce eight different love types, summarized in table 1. Learn the different types of love and better understand. Nov 17, 2020 you may love your spouse, love your job, or love your car. Love in the hebrew is expressed by a variety of words which are somewhat broad in their usage. Of the two unhappy couple types we have been able to identify in the love lab, hostile couples stayed unhappily married, while hostiledetached couples eventually divorced. A study of the four loves divides very easily into a twopart discussion, or even a fourpart one if you. Even though we use the same word to express these feelings, theyre clearly not the same type of love.
In the english language today, we use the word love in. Agape love is that love which gives and sacrifices for the highest good of another person. The book was based on a set of radio talks from 1958 which had been criticised in the u. Pdf linguists have often remarked upon the polysemous nature of love. Phileothe phileo love refers to an affectionate, warm and tender platonic love. It would not be an overstatement to say that every action that is pleasing to god is motivated by love. Analyzed lay conceptions of love and commitment from a prototype perspective. This love keeps on loving even when the loved one is unresponsive, unkind, unlovable, and unworthy. Journal of personality and social psychology, 50, 392402. Drawing on earlier distinctions made by greek philosophers, he pro posed four main. The new testament, which was originally written in greek, speaks of different kinds of love. Suggestions a study of the four loves divides very easily into a twopart discussion, or even a fourpart one if you wish to look at each love separately andor to incorporate questions raised by the introduction, and the chapter on sub human loves as well.
As your group time begins, use this section to introduce the topic of discussion. Feb 10, 2016 sexual love is real, but thats not what david and jonathan shared. The four types of love from the ancient greek language. This type of love is when the intimacy or liking component is present, but feelings of. A 42item questionnaire designed to measure attitudes toward love. Which of these three do you think are most needed in. This is what is considered to be an erotic kind of love that comes from the greek god of. Additional questions for the love does study guide a sixweek. Its the kind of love which livens up the agape love. Eros love is what you feel when you tell someone youve fallen in love with them.
Agape is divine love, which makes it perfect, pure, and selfsacrificing. Apr 16, 2020 the second type of love is the brotherly love that exists between close friends regardless of gender. The 4 types of love and how they radically impact your. Additional questions for the love does study guide a six. It may make us wretched or unhappy, since many will oppose love. Where is the love, the love, the love it just aint the same, old ways have changed new days are strange, is the world insane. By helping young people identify unhealthy behaviors, you can prevent these unhealthy relationships from becoming abusive.
Fearless is finding courage from god to face those things in life that keep us from walking in all. It is important to recognize that a relationship based on a single element is less likely to. This type of love will drive away fear, and help us to love fearlessly. As you read these, think about how these styles might become part of the types of love described above.
This type of love is that friends have for one another. Different types of love love attitudes scale reference. In preparing this study, i examined the vocabulary of the song of songs of solomon, gods marriage manual. Dodim an impulse of heart, sexual attraction hamed desire, covet, lus t agav impure love, doting, lust rea companionship, friendship. We end with a discussion of what compassionate love looks like in the. Week 1 read the forward, introduction, and chapters 14 week 2 read chapters 59 week 3 read chapters 1014 week 4 read chapters 1520 week 5 read chapters 2126 week 6.
In his triangular theory of love, he outlined seven main types of love. In study 1, ss listed the features of love andor commitment. The word represents what we consider today to be romantic love. Nov 22, 2014 each type is very different from the others, and each type of couple has its benefits and risks. In study 3, central features were found to be more salient in memory than peripheral features. May 11, 2020 they are communicated through four greek words eros, storge, philia, and agape and are characterized by romantic love, family love, brotherly love, and gods divine love. When researching and writing a thesis on love, students can simplify the process by selecting a narrow area of this vast topic. What are some of the pros and cons of being in love. A compelling tale that will help you dive deeper into your own emotions and understanding, this is highly recommended for anyone who values the relationships and people in their life.
The five kinds of love ove in english has hundreds of meanings in common usage. I t is clear from even a cursory reading that the bible stresses the importance of love. Sternbergs triangular theory and the 7 types of love. We need all 3 kinds of lovewe have discussed the three kinds of love agape, friendship, and sexual love. Explaining sternbergs triangular theory of love elitesingles.
The four types of love in the bible learn religions. Feb 24, 2019 perhaps the best way to understand agape love is to think of it as the type of love that comes from god. Ask yourself, how do you feel when you hear your partner offer encouraging. The following observations draw on this study, and then expand with more principles in regard to our love talk. Different types of love and to examine correlates of compassionate love. In study 2, centrality prototypicality ratings of these features were obtained. A biological, psychological and philosophical study. Drawing on earlier distinctions made by greek philosophers, he proposed four main varieties. The 4 types of love and how they radically impact your life. Writing about love can be difficult, only because there are so many things to write about, so many ways to look at and so many different types of love. Compassionate love has been identified as one of the major types of love experienced in relationships berscheid, 2010, but one that has been overshadowed by the study of romantic love. Eros is sexual or passionate love, and most akin to the modern construct of romantic love. Adults set firm limits in loving ways without anger, lecture, threats or repeated warnings.
If love and peace are so strong why are there pieces of love that dont belong. Can you imagine cases of romantic love such that 1 the love has no sexual dimensions. Lewis which explores the nature of love from a christian and philosophical perspective through thought experiments. Friendship warmth and closeness to another person intimacy, but no intense.
There is great discussion to be had about the kind of love exhibited by anna after everything she has gone through in the movie. The six types of love above can be seen at the heart of many different types of relationships, from platonic friendships to whirlwind love affairs. There are also great verses about love in relation to marriage, brotherly love or friendship, and loving your neighbor. Affection or storge, pronounced storgay is based on familiarity and repeated contact and resembles the strong attachment seen between parents and children. Lewis continues the discussion of the four ancient philosophical definitions of love. Well explore these different types of love in the bible, and, as we do, well discover what love truly means and how to follow jesus christ s command to love one another. Nonlove no intimacy, passion, or decisioncommitment describes casual interactions that are characterized by the absence of all three love components. The ancient greeks identified six types of love, and thousands of years later, these categorizations are still relevant. Lee 1973 offers a theory of love styles or types of lovers derived from an analysis of writings about love through the centuries. Psychologist robert sternberg proposed that different types of love involve different amounts of intimacy trust, warmth, and closeness, passion and commitment.
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