8 types of love according to Psychology.

According to Sternberg (Psychology expert in love), love has three elements.


     1. Elemen Intimacy.
          allows for the presence of warmth, openness and mutual trust.


     2. Elemen Passion.
          Inspired by the encouragement of the person who changed the physiological stimulus to sexual desire.

     3. Elemen Kognitif.

          Decision / availability to love and stay with loved ones.

Of the three elements were found 8 Type Love According to Sternberg, namely:

1. Non Love

     Ie There is no third element. Usually this kind of love we find in the nature of casual friendships. That is common friend, who knew he just said hello. There is no feeling of all sorts.

2. Liking

     There is a closeness, understanding, moral support, affection, attachment & warmth. This type of love who is often called the ABG as "like a brother / sister". Love this type also commonly known as a caring person who is owned by two friends.

3.Infatuation

     love at first sight physical sexual attraction without intimacy & commitment arise quickly, it could quickly disappear, but can also last a long time. Usually called puppy love. A person who is experiencing this kind of love would feel uncomfortable eating sleeping rough when he might just know the idol of his own heart that the perpetrators often do not even know why he could be so.

4. Empty Love

     Usually in the relations that have been running very long, or matchmaking. Love is the type who had many couples jebot first time, which many people who get married without intimacy and passion. They only got married because it was supposed to get married and matchmaking. Although there is no intimacy and passion, but couples jebot proved able to survive for decades (even to each die) because they have a commitment.

5. Romantic Love

     The couple was attracted physically and emotionally attached but is not bound to one another. Pair with the type of love is already a step ahead of the puppy love. They not only have a passion who make eating uncomfortable sleeping rough. They also are able to understand each other, like two friends but was equipped with a passion. Who have not owned by the couple with this type of love is a commitment that they have not dared to be bound to one another. If the rateable is a long-term commitment, then the couples who've been together for years but have not dared to marry the couples who have a love of this type. Of course there are various reasons for their reply can be argued as such to school, want a career first, and others. But who could have seen that is not owned commitment, ie a willingness to really tied one with others.

6. Companionate Love 

     Usually on a long term relationship where physical attraction is gone but because they still love each other but stay together.

    one kind of love can also bring a pair of men to decide to get married. The couple, either both or one of them, not having bad eating and sleeping rough. He felt that the relationship just as two friends or siblings only. But a little step further, they boldly decided to get married and live together. This kind of love is often shared by two friends who then upgrade his love of this type of friendship into love compationate.

7.  Fatuous Love

     Bound only by passion (sexual desire) without a chance to build intimacy (no approach or affection) usually does not last long.

8. Cosummate Love

     Love is the most complete that has all the components above love. This pair is a pair that remains intimate and still feel the joy of sex after marriage, although many know. They still feel that no one who could make him happy unless her partner. This love dalah ideal types of love according to Sternberg, but who also need to take care of business. Most couples experience the passion smearing on the components so that their love is gone from consummate love to compationate love