Personal and Social Relationships Review

Components of Love and Relationships

• According to Robert Sternberg, the three components of love are intimacy, passion, and commitment.

Attachment Styles

• Secure attachment involves being open and vulnerable to the person deeply trusted.

Benefits of Group Membership

• Belonging to a group provides a sense of identity, a feeling of belonging, and access to social support.

Types of Relationships

• Casual relationships involve lesser self-disclosure but may still demand certain levels of loyalty.

Commitment and Obligation

• Commitment is the act of deciding to consistently fulfill and live by agreements made with another person, entity, or cause.

Passion and Drive

• Passion is what drives and consumes a person to pursue an interest, vision, or a person.

Positive Emotions in Relationships

• Gratitude is a positive emotion that is accessible and capable of strengthening friendships and intimate relationships.

Social Influence

• Conformity is a type of social influence that involves a change in behavior, belief, or thinking to be like others.
• Identification occurs when a person owns a certain belief or act and is willing to make it known publicly and privately.
• Minority influence occurs when a minority's way of looking at and doing things is accepted by a bigger number of people.
• Reactance is a type of social influence that involves a willing rejection of social influence being exerted on an individual or group.

Nurturing Relationships

• Communication is mentioned as the key to longevity in relationships.

Essential Aspects of Relationships

• Trust is mentioned as an essential aspect that will be required in relationships.

Authentic Leadership

• Authentic leadership is highlighted as a critical element of effective leadership.

Relationship Maintenance

• Creating rituals together is mentioned as a way to deepen relationships.
• Forgiveness is highlighted as a way to handle disagreements in relationships with a powerful effect on the healing process, related to the social influence of conformity.