Recently social psychologists have begun to learn a great deal about the nature of
passionate love. We will begin this chapter by reviewing what social psychologists have�…

Passionate and companionate love. Passionate and companionate love. Citation Hatfield, E.
(1988). Passionate and companionate love. In RJ Sternberg & ML Barnes (Eds.), The psychology�…

Abstract research on laypersons' knowledge of love and related concepts, conducted from a
prototype perspective, are presented/key questions to be addressed include: what does the�…

What does it mean to love someone? In particular, does it mean the same thing across time
and space, or does its meaning change with context? Is the emotional experience of love�…

Existing research and writing on the topic of love is explored in order to encourage study of
the epidemiology of love. Theoretical work in the psychology of love is reviewed, followed by�…

A “four-letter word,” LOVE, is the contemporary “in” word. It is a catchword, protected from the
sacrilege of criticism by a mystical and emotional ambiguity which defies the intrusion of�…

Although scholars' interest in love phenomena has continued to increase in recent years, a
common conceptual language for the study of love has not yet emerged, as is evidenced by�…