Love
- There are different types of love.
- Sternberg’s triangle of love
- Elements
- Intimacy: internet chat room (intimate details are shared)
- Passion
- Commitment
- Forms:
- Romantic Love
- Companionate Love
- Fatuous Love
- Consummate Love
Origin
- Hypothesis about human evolution of upright walking
- Development of frontal lobe
- Walking upright
- Use of tools
- The fossil of Lucy has no developed frontal lobe, which indicates that early
human didn’t stand up to use the tools!
| Reproduction | r-Strategy | k-Strategy |
|---|
| Offspring (per brood) | Many | Few |
| Parental care | Less | More |
| Mortality | High | Low |
| Body size | Small | Large |
| Onset of maturity | Early | Late |
| Reproduction | Once | Multiple times |
| Favored environment | Unstable | Stable |
| Type of species | Pioneer species | Climax species |
| Population size | Variable | Stable |
- Did human evolved into upright walking to carry more infants?
- To take care of the infants, human must form couples.
- To maintain such commitment, intimacy and passion must be put into play.
(e.g. sex for non-reproductive purposes)
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