PSY 265 Week 4 Checkpoint

Styles of Love

PSY/265

Styles of Love

Scenario #1:

Mario and Lisa have been married for 20 years. They have three teenage children, whom they love very much, but their relationship lacks passion and intimacy. They are extremely committed to each other, but both have decided to stay in the marriage as an obligation to their children and to each other. They have an empty love relationship that is no longer fulfilling in the ways that a marriage should be fulfilling.

Scenario #2:

Tom and Ben have been best friends for over 5 years. They care deeply for each other and act more like brothers, than friends. They have a healthy intimate liking of one another and consider their friendship to be of great importance for both of them. They are not sexually attracted to or...