Why We Like Each Other Understanding Attraction, Love, and Relationships

Name: Why We Like Each Other Understanding Attraction, Love, and Relationships
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ISBN: 9780078039973

ISBN-10: 0078039975

ISBN-13: 9780078039973

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Pete Padilla

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Why We Like Each Other: Understanding Attraction, Love, and Relationshipscontains some powerful ideas on how relationships work. Dr. Padilla writes in a lucid and down-to-earth style, bringing focus and clarity to a sometimes perplexing subject: matters of the heart. Take the weekend off and read this book. The rest of your weekends will never be the same again. In fact, after completing the book, my bet is that your friends will appoint you their informal relationship guru. With that in mind, be careful who you lend this book to, or you may not get it back.

Book details

List price: $57.33
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 7/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


What is Attraction?


Conceptual Concerns


The Two Components of Attraction


Social Forces


Psychological Forces


General Social Market Forces


Value


The Reinforcement-Affect Theory


Critique of the Reinforcement-Affect Theory


Conclusion



The Basics


Structural Aspects


The Temporal Order


Embeddedness


Involvement Contour


The Social Psychology Of Relationship


The Law of Reversed Effort


The Principle of Least Interest


Conditioning Index


Pain & Pleasure


Love, Hate, Indifference


Random Reinforcement


The Deprivation/Satiation Proposition


Gender Differences


Getting the Cheese


Conclusion



Establishing


Pre-Awareness


Sampling


Unilateral Awareness


Types of Sampling


Bilateral Awareness


Unilateral Interest in Pairing


Should You Put Your Best Foot Forward


Bilateral Interest in Pairing


Pairing


Conclusion



Maintaining


Collecting Running Water


Have a Back Bone


Stick Up for Yourself


Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?


Jealousy


Stimulation


Spiritual Stimulation


Recreational Stimulation


Adventurous Stimulation


Intellectual Stimulation


Emotional Stimulation


Me-US-You


Conclusion



Dissolution of a Relationship


Is Reading About Breaking Up a Gender Specific Phenomenon?


Uncoupling


Initiator Versus Partner


Hurt: It's Inevitable


What Resists; Persists!


The Law of Reversed Effort


Transition Person


What Is Considered Progress?


The More You Date, the Better You Will Feel?


Be Prepared for the Unexpected


Conclusion



Discussion


The Temporal Order as Research Template


Theoretical Neutrality


EMIC Versus ETIC Approaches


Theoretical Scope and Usefulness


Difference Between Value Domains


Total Institutions


Conclusion



Conclusion


Future Research on Social Types


Longitudinal Research


Total Institutions


Conclusion


References


Recommended Readings


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