Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships
Fifth Edition
Learning Objectives
- Describe the three components within the love triangle and how these components relate to different types of love and liking.
- Describe the six love styles and the five love languages, as well as the communication that characterizes each.
- Understand how culture influences the ways people experience and express love.
- Describe attachment styles in children and how those styles develop.
- Describe attachment styles in adults, including how various forms of communication differ based on attachment style.
- Explain why attachment styles change or stay constant over time.