Psychology in "Jerry Maquire"

On the other hand, Jerry was looking for a beautiful girl that could teach him intimacy. In other words, he was looking for a girl that could pass on his genes onto the next generation even though she already had a child. She was looking for a guy that could provide security for her and her children. .
             Although physical attractiveness is the most important factor in influencing attraction, it is not the only one. The other two factors influencing attraction are proximity and mere-exposure effect. Both factors affected Jerry and Dorothy. The proximity factor suggests that people tend to attract to geographically close people. Jerry and Dorothy were working together and could always see each other whenever they wanted. The mere-exposure effect suggests that people are attracted to repeated stimuli. Jerry Maguire and Dorothy Boyd saw each other very often. She saw him every day at work, they quit the job together, and they began to work together again. They were exposed to each other all the time.
             According to Sternberg's theory of love, love consists of three components: intimacy, commitment, and passion. Comparing love between Jerry and Dorothy and love between Jerry and Avery it can be clearly seen that their loves are completely different. Jerry-Avery s love consisted of only one component - commitment. Their love was empty love. He could never understand her when she was talking about trust. In contrast, Jerry-Dorothy's love was accumulating as their relationships grew bigger. The first time they met each other in the airport they probably felt passion. Their love started as an infatuated love, or love at first sight. When they got married commitment added to their love. Their love became fatuous. But they still were missing intimacy. Jerry Maguire says, "I'm not a guy who runs. I stick. Good at friendship, bad at intimacy."" He never felt intimacy to Avery. He never felt intimacy to any of his girlfriends.