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ProfessorPaulBloom:

I'

mdelightedtointroducethefirstguestlecturerforthisIntroductiontoPsychologycourse,DeanPeterSalovey.Peterisanoldfriendandcolleague.Manyofyou--IthinkeverybodyhereknowsofhimthroughhisroleasDeanofYaleCollege.I'

lljust,inthiscontextofthisintroduction,mentiontwootherthingsabouthim.Oneispriortobeingdeanandinfact,stillasadean,he'

sanactivescientistandinparticular,asocialpsychologistactivelyinvolvedinstudyinghealthpsychology,theproperuseofpsychologicalmethodstoframehealthmessages,andalsoisthefounderanddeveloperoftheideaofemotionalintelligence,anideahe'

sdoneahugeamountofresearchon.Secondly,Peterisorwasanactiveandextremelywell-knownteacheratYaleCollege.Hetaughtatonepoint,thelargestcourseeverinYaleCollege鈥�acourseonPsychologyinLawwhichbrokeeveryrecordeverhadhere.Andbeforethat,duringthat,andafterthat,hewasalegendaryIntroductiontoPsychologyteacher.AndIthink--andhehadsomereasonforwhyhewassolegendarywithhislecturetodayonthetopicoflove.

[applause]

DeanPeterSalovey:

Thanksverymuch.Okay.Thankyouverymuch,ProfessorBloom.ItreallyisapleasuretocomeandlecturetoyoutodayonValentine'

sDayonthetopicoflove.Mymainareaofresearchishumanemotion.Andloveisanemotion.It'

snotonethatIstudypersonally,atleastnotinthelab,and--butitisfuntotalkabout.Anditisatopicthatlendsitselftomanysocialpsychologicalphenomena.It'

salsogreattobeabletocomeinandguestlecture.OneofthethingsIverymuchmisssinceservingasdeanistheopportunitytoteachPsychology110.AndalthoughIlovebeingdean,IdomissteachingIntroductoryPsychology,thefeelingofexposingpeopletoideasthatmaybeyouhadn'

theardbefore.

Well,Isuspectsomeoftheideasinthistalkyou'

llhavenotheardbeforeandforavarietyofreasons.Acoupleofthethingsyou'

llnoticeisthatsomeoftheexperimentsI'

lltalkabouttodayarenotthekindsofexperimentsthatcanbedoneanymore.They'

renotconsideredethicallyacceptablebuttheyweredoneinthe鈥�50sand鈥�60sandearly鈥�70swhenethicalstandardsweredifferentandsowecanteachthem.Wejustcan'

tgiveyouthesameexperiencesthatsomeofthecollegestudentsthatwe'

lltalkabouttodayinthesestudieshad.

TheotherthingIwillmentionisthatthereisacertainandrocentricandheterosexualqualitytomuchofthesocialpsychologicalresearchonromanticlove.You'

llseethatintheexperiments.Usually,theparticipantsaremenandusuallythetargetsarewomenintheseexperiments.I'

mnotendorsingthisastheonlywaytostudylove.ItjusthappenstobethewaytheseexperimentsweredoneandsoImentionthiscautionrightfromthebeginning.We'

llhavetothinkabout--Oneofthethingsyoushouldthinkaboutisdoyouthinktheseexperimentsgeneralizedtootherkindsofdyadicrelationships.Andthat'

saquestionthatIthinkyoucanaskthroughoutthislecture.

Okay.Solet'

sgetstarted.AndtostartthingsoffIthinkwhatweneedtodoisconsideradefinition.I'

mgoingtodefinewhatloveisbutthenmostoftheexperimentsI'

mgoingtotalkaboutarereallyfocusedmoreonattractionthanlove--whofindseachotherofromanticinterestthatmightthendevelopintoaloverelationship.Butlet'

sstartwithadefinitionoflove.AndI'

mgoingtopickadefinitionfromaformercolleague,RobertSternberg,whoisnowthedeanatTuftsUniversitybutwashereonourfacultyatYalefornearlythirtyyearsorso.Andhehasatheoryoflovethatarguesthatit'

smadeupofthreecomponents:

intimacy,passion,andcommitment,orwhatissometimescalleddecisioncommitment.Andthesearerelativelystraightforward.Hearguedthatyoudon'

thaveloveifyoudon'

thaveallthreeoftheseelements.

Intimacyisthefeelingofcloseness,ofconnectednesswithsomeone,ofbonding.Operationally,youcouldthinkofintimacyasyousharesecrets,youshareinformationwiththispersonthatyoudon'

tsharewithanybodyelse.Okay.That'

sreallywhatintimacyis,thebondthatcomesfromsharinginformationthatisn'

tsharedwithother--withmanyotherpeople.Secondelementispassion.Passioniswhatyouthinkitis.Passionisthe--wewouldsaythedrivethatleadstoromance.Youcanthinkofitasphysicalattractionorsex.AndSternbergarguesthatthisisarequiredcomponentofaloverelationship.Itisnot,however,arequiredcomponentoftakingashowerinCalhounCollege.[aYaledormitory][laughter]

ThethirdelementofloveinSternberg'

stheoryiswhathecallsdecisionorcommitment,thedecisionthatoneisinaloverelationship,thewillingnesstolabelitassuch,andacommitm