1. LOVE & INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS
   
   
   
1. Diversity of Adult Development
   
   
1. Social Clock - Timing of Events
2. Normative Crises
   
   
2. Tasks of Young Adulthood
   
   
1. Establishing intimate/loving relationships
2. Learning to live with partner
3. Starting family/ Parenting
4. Establishing an occupation
5. Finding a congenial social group
   
   
3. Three Components of Love (Sternberg's Love Triangle, 1987)
   
   
1. Intimacy (I)
2. Passion (P)
3. Commitment (C)
4. Infatuation (P only)
5. Empty (C-only)
6. Romantic (I & P)
7. Companionate (I & C)
8. Fatuous (P& C)
9. Consummate (P, C & I)
   
   
4. Interpersonal Attraction - "Object of Affection"
   
   
1. Matching hypothesis
2. Similarity/Homogamy
3. Residential propinquity
4. Racial/ethnic backgrounds
5. Social pressures
6. Academic and Office settings
   
   
5. Styles of Loving (Expectations & Actions)
   
1. Love scale questionnaire (Laswell & Hatfield, 1980)
2. Best Friends
3. Romantics
4. Altruistic/ Unselfish
5. Possessive
6. Game playing
7. Logical