Question

Geraldo and Rose have been dating since high school. Rose has spoken to Geraldo about getting engaged, but Geraldo is hesitant. He feels close to Rose and shares his feelings and concerns with her, but he no longer feels very sexually attracted to her. He says he feels more like a brother to Rose than a lover. According to Steinberg, what type of love does Geraldo feel for Rose?

Answer 1

Compassionate

Step-by-step explanation:

Steinberg was a psychologist who developed a Love theory according to which love has 3 main components:

• Intimacy: this component involves feelings of closeness and emotional bond with the other person.
• Passion: Involves feelings of attraction, romance and desire.
• Commitment: This involver feelings that make them move toward shared goals.

Thus, there are different kinds of love depending on which component is present and which isn't, for example, when there's intimacy the love is called Liking and lead us to care about someone as a brother, sister or friend. this love lacks the sexual attraction and commitment.

In this example, Geraldo feels close to Rose and shares his feelings with her (intimacy), but he doesn't want to get engaged (commitment) because the sexual attraction is gone, therefore this is an example of Liking love, since the only component that he has is Intimacy.

Answer 2

Answer: Liking

Step-by-step explanation:

Liking someone is a feeling of fondness or regard. Liking someone means appreciating the qualities a person possesses and attracted to those qualities.

Geraldo feels close to Rose, shares his feelings with her, but no longer feels very sexually attracted to her and seeing her as a sister shows that Geraldo likes Rose.