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. |
From inside the book
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... someone else, but there was something about the way he conducted himself that attracted me . .. . IWith the couple of men I really, really liked, it's been the same thing. Right ofi'[ knew. But it wasn't lust. There are definitely ...
... someone who will respect her') describes need satisfaction. After presenting the seven variables that influence when and how people fall in love, chapter 6 describes the different roles these variables play at different stages of the ...
... someone whose last name started with the same letter. This constant physical proximity was found to better predict the development of close ties than did similarity in age, religion, marital status, ethnic background, level of education ...
... someone you do not know. The result was that both the men and the women reported an increase in their romantic attraction to the person with whom they locked eyes“) The positive effect of repeated exposure seems to arise from an inborn ...
... someone whose photograph they had seen several times.13 The effect of repeated exposure can help explain the high frequency of roman— tic relationships that start between people who work together.14 We both used to work in the same ...
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 |