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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