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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... young men and women who were interviewed about their most significant romantic relationships.6 The second was a cross-cultural study that compared American and Israeli accounts of falling in love.7 The third study, using 100 couples ...
... young woman described it as follows: W/e have many things in common. For example, we are both first-born children in our families, and as a result we had similar childhood experiences, and we play similar roles in our families. W/e have ...
... young and beautiful? Evolutionary psychologists present a large body of evidence that suggests that the answer to this question is yes. They explain the gender differences in romantic choices in the different evolutionary developments ...
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... young men and women who talked about their most significant romantic relationships. An analysis of the interviews suggests that, in over half of the cases, the romance started between two people who had known each other previously.1 ...
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 |