Presented by:-

SACHIN PATIL
TAPAS SAXENA
SYED REHAN ASAD
E.C.E 7th semester final year
G.G.I.T.M ,BHOPAL
Relationships :
 Friendship
 Parent-child
 Boss-worker
 Boyfriend-girlfriend
 Sibling
 Acquaintance
 Roommate
 What Makes A Good
Relationship?
Shared Interests Reliability
Shared Values Support
Trust Understanding
Honesty
Sensitivity
Respect
Forgiveness
Cooperation
Tolerance
What Relationships Provide
Emotional needs
Social satisfactions
Basic needs like shelter and food
Relationships effects in
college/organization
How does this person encourage me?
Have my grades improved or fallen?
Have I missed college because of this person?
Have I limited my extracurricular activities so I can
spend time with this person?
At Work
Have I ever missed work
because of this person?

Has this person ever

come to my place of work
to check up on me or
embarrass me?

Does this person give me

any support in my
career?
A Balancing Act
Healthy relationships
maintain a balance
between the
individuals involved
in the relationship.
 LOVE
1) Factors influencing attraction
2) Theories of Love
 Factors Influencing
Attraction
1) Proximity
2) Physical Attractiveness
3) Similarity
4) Courtship
 Proximity

•People are likely to live near people of similar

economic, social backgrounds:
•Wealth, class, ethnicity, and education levels tend to
cluster by neighborhood
•People with similar backgrounds are inclined to like
each other more .
 Physical Attraction

Things that people agree on:

1) More average faces are more attractive
2) Men prefer beauty with brain.
3) Across culture, women prefer men to
have a V-shaped physique .
 Similarity
•Married couples report significant agreement
about politics and religion.
•Friends were more similar in attitudes, beliefs,
values, and interests.
 Women flirtatious behaviours
1) Smile
2) Lift Eyebrows in fast jerky motion
3) Open their eyes wide
4) Lower their eyelids
5) Tilt heads down and to the side
6) Look away
 Theories of Love

1) Love types
2) Triarchic Model of Love
3) Equity Theory
 Love Type:-1

Passionate Love
• Love at first sight
• 34% of subjects rate ‘high’ on this scale
• Men typically have higher ratings
 Love Type:-2

Selfless Love
• Putting one’s lover above one’s self
• 2% of subjects rate ‘high’ on this scale
 Love Type:-3

Possessive Love
• Feeling of ownership over lover
• 2% of subjects rate ‘high’ on this scale
• Women typically have higher ratings
 Love Type:-4

Logical Love
• Cognitive appreciation for other’s
quality
• 17% of subjects rate ‘high’ on this scale
• Women typically have higher ratings
• It is best to love somebody with a
similar background.
 Love Type:-5

Game-Playing Love
• Flirtatious and not committed
• 2% of subjects rate ‘high’ on this scale
• Men typically have higher ratings
 Triarchic Model of Love

Three aspects of love :

•Intimacy: Closeness two people feel psychologically, how well
partners understand each other.
•Passion: The amount of physical attraction and romance.

•Commitment: The cognitive factors such as the decision to

maintain the relationship.
 Triarchic Model of Love

Intimacy = Liking

I+P= I+C=
Romantic Love Companionate
Love Love

Passion = Commitment
Infatuation P+C= = Empty Love
Fatuous Love
 Equity Theory
Your Benefits = Partner’s Benefits
Your Contributions Partner’s Contributions

Comparison Level = average expected outcome of the

relationship

Comparisons for alternatives = expectation of what could be

received in a different relationship

Investment = what must be put into a relationship that can not

be recovered if the relationship ends.
 Conclusion :-
Unsuccessful Relationships
1) Infidelity/Jealousy
2) Failure to compromise
3) Failure to express emotions/communicate
4) Dissimilarity emerging over time (or being
discovered over time).
 Successful Relationships
1) Avoiding arguments (‘yes dear’)
2) Supportive nature
3) Reaction to feelings
4) Being alone vs. being with friends
during stressful times.