Falling in Love: Why We Choose the Lovers We ChooseFalling in Love is the first book to unlock the mysteries of how and why we fall in love. Renowned psychologist Ayala Pines shows us why we fall for the people we do, and argues convincingly that we love neither by chance nor by accident. She offers sound advice for making the right choices when it comes to this complicated emotion. Packed with helpful suggestions for those seeking love and those already in it, this book is about love's many puzzles. The second edition furthers the work of the popular and successful first edition. With expanded research, theory, and practice, this book once again provides one of a kind understandings of the experience of love. The new edition offers updated references to recent research, new chapter exercises, and "case examples" of romantic stories to begin each chapter. |
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... chapter of the book offers concrete tips. TWO HATS This book represents the two hats I wear as a psychologist. One is the hat ofa social psychologist and researcher who, for many years, has studied various aspects of couple ...
... chapters, the question: What enhances the likelihood of falling in love.> Each chapter presents one of the answers to this question and the most fascinating, well-known, or important studies that support it. The first two chapters ...
... chapter presents studies documenting the power ofproximity as a hidden matchmaker. Repeated encounters between people who live, work, or play together, it turns out, increase liking and attraction. The second chapter focuses on the role ...
... chapter 5, are reciprocity (the knowledge that the other is attracted to us) and need satisfaction (the fact that the other satisfies an important need). The man who laughingly said, “ The thing that [fimnd most attractive about her was ...
... Chapter 10 focuses on the internal romantic image that determines with whom we fall in love. Chapter 11 demonstrates the operation of the romantic image in four stories told by a man and a woman who describe intimate and satisfying ...
Contents
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How We Choose the Loves We Choose | 105 |
Part Three ROMANTIC LOVE IN LONGTERM RELATIONSHIPS | 177 |
ROMANTIC CHOICES WORKSHOPS | 205 |
ANALYZING A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP | 213 |
RESEARCH FINDINGS | 215 |
NOTES | 221 |
REFERENCES | 245 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 265 |
PHOTO PERMISSIONS | 266 |
INDEX | 267 |