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

by Padilla, Pete

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9780078039973

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0078039975

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7/8/2011

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Learning Solutions

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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.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
What is Attraction?	p. 4
Conceptual Concerns	p. 6
The Two Components of Attraction	p. 6
Social Forces	p. 7
Psychological Forces	p. 8
General Social Market Forces	p. 9
Value	p. 10
The Reinforcement-Affect Theory	p. 15
Critique of the Reinforcement-Affect Theory	p. 16
Conclusion	p. 19
The Basics	p. 21
Structural Aspects	p. 23
The Temporal Order	p. 23
Embeddedness	p. 25
Involvement Contour	p. 27
The Social Psychology Of Relationship	p. 38
The Law of Reversed Effort	p. 38
The Principle of Least Interest	p. 41
Conditioning Index	p. 48
Pain & Pleasure	p. 52
Love, Hate, Indifference	p. 55
Random Reinforcement	p. 59
The Deprivation/Satiation Proposition	p. 65
Gender Differences	p. 70
Getting the Cheese	p. 73
Conclusion	p. 83
Establishing	p. 85
Pre-Awareness	p. 87
Sampling	p. 90
Unilateral Awareness	p. 95
Types of Sampling	p. 96
Bilateral Awareness	p. 97
Unilateral Interest in Pairing	p. 98
Should You Put Your Best Foot Forward	p. 99
Bilateral Interest in Pairing	p. 107
Pairing	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 111
Maintaining	p. 113
Collecting Running Water	p. 115
Have a Back Bone	p. 118
Stick Up for Yourself	p. 118
Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?	p. 122
Jealousy	p. 126
Stimulation	p. 129
Spiritual Stimulation	p. 131
Recreational Stimulation	p. 132
Adventurous Stimulation	p. 133
Intellectual Stimulation	p. 135
Emotional Stimulation	p. 135
Me-US-You	p. 136
Conclusion	p. 142
Dissolution of a Relationship	p. 145
Is Reading About Breaking Up a Gender Specific Phenomenon?	p. 148
Uncoupling	p. 152
Initiator Versus Partner	p. 157
Hurt: It's Inevitable	p. 157
What Resists; Persists!	p. 158
The Law of Reversed Effort	p. 160
Transition Person	p. 162
What Is Considered Progress?	p. 164
The More You Date, the Better You Will Feel?	p. 167
Be Prepared for the Unexpected	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 170
Discussion	p. 173
The Temporal Order as Research Template	p. 174
Theoretical Neutrality	p. 175
EMIC Versus ETIC Approaches	p. 176
Theoretical Scope and Usefulness	p. 177
Difference Between Value Domains	p. 179
Total Institutions	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 183
Future Research on Social Types	p. 184
Longitudinal Research	p. 185
Total Institutions	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 186
References	p. 187
Recommended Readings	p. 191
About the Author	p. 197
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