There is a great deal of psychological literature on types of love, as well as on the various components of love and styles of loving.73 One conceptualization of love that is popular among contemporary social scientists is that of psychologist Robert Sternberg. Sternberg divides love into three basic ingredients: passion—including romance, physical attraction, and sexual craving; intimacy—all of those feelings of warmth, closeness, connectedness, and bondedness; and decision/commitment—the decision to love someone and the commitment to sustain that love.74
