Abstract
This final content chapter examines the emotional underpinnings of the concept of romantic love. Not surprisingly, many of the theorists discussed have located romantic love under the umbrella topic of multidimensional general love and noted its similarities to and differences from other types of love. Biological and evolutionary approaches to love are included in this chapter, which closes with a discussion of love in Valentine’s Day cards and the use of the word love in popular music.
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The article has many, many coauthors (Sternberg is one of them): this is because research was carried out in so many different countries: https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1787318 (Sorokowski et al., 2021).
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Which will be investigated in an Experiential Learning Element.
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See: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-998-1010-5. The full article can be accessed at https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12110-998-1010-5.pdf
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In Buss & Schmitt, 2019.
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Today, there are DNA tests to help establish paternity: historically, of course, human beings have not had DNA testing as an option.
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Paternity uncertainty came into play when Henry Tudor accused his wives of infidelity, suggesting that they were (potentially) going to put a non-Tudor on the throne of England. After the birth of Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn was accused of infidelity with five different men. Historians continue to argue, however, whether accusations of infidelity were sincere or whether they were a tactic that Henry used to get rid of unwanted wives.
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See: https://doi.org/10.22158/sll.v5n4p140 (Whissell, 2021).
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The band broke up in 1970, and its members kept on composing and singing, but not as a group.
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See: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30200392 (Whissell, 1996).
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See: https://www.songlyrics.com/john-lennon-paul-mccartney/love-me-do-lyrics/ for “Love Me Do” lyrics. For “Oh Yoko!” see: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnlennon/ohyoko.html
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Whissell, C. (2023). Emotion and Romantic Love. In: Engaging with Emotion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21398-4_14
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