The interpersonal attraction, also referred as close relationship express the positive feelings for other people. These positive feeling can be loving or liking. Love represents a greater level of liking and comprises elements of closeness, passion, sexual desires, exclusiveness, fascination, and intense caring.
An individual idealizes his/her partner by minimizing his/her bad features and emphasizing on his/her good features. Robert Sternberg explained and differentiated love into three components, namely, passion, intimacy, and commitment/decision.
