Viren Swami

Attraction Explained (eBook, ePUB)

The science of how we form relationships

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When it comes to relationships, there's no shortage of advice from self-help 'experts', pick-up artists, and glossy magazines. But modern-day myths of attraction often have no basis in fact or - worse - are rooted in little more than misogyny. Based on science rather than self-help clichés, psychologist Viren Swami debunks these myths and draws on cutting-edge research to provide a ground-breaking and evidence-based account of relationship formation.

At the core of this book is a very simple idea: there are no 'laws of attraction', no fool-proof methods or strategies for getting someone to date you. But this isn't to say that there's nothing to be gained from studying attraction. Based on science rather than self-help clichés, Attraction Explained looks at how factors such as geography, physical appearance, reciprocity, and similarity affect who we fall for and why.

With updated statistics, this second edition also includes new content on online dating, queer relationships, racism in dating, shyness, and individual differences. It remains an engaging and accessible introduction to attraction relationship formation for professionals, students, and general readers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000358322
• Artikelnr.: 60756329

Autorenporträt

Viren Swami is Professor of Social Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK and Perdana University in Malaysia. He is an international expert on attraction and body image and has written and edited several books on these topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition 1. Cupid's Arrow. Or
a brief history of attraction theories
why we need a science of relationship formation
and what this book is all about 2. Getting up close and personal. Or
why geography matters
how the Internet is (and isn't) changing how we form relationships
and a beauty-map of London 3. Appearance matters. Or
how we judge books by their covers
how men aren't from Mars and women aren't from Venus
and why what is beautiful is good 4. Appearance matters
part II. Or
how other things matter too
why nice guys don't always finish last
and how love is sometimes blind 5. Liking those who like us. Or how I like you because you like me
thirty-six questions that may (or may not) change your life
and why playing hard-to-get is... hard 6. Birds of feather. Or why we like people who are similar to ourselves
how we match on attitudes (and other traits)
and why opposites sometimes attract 7. The end of the beginning. Or
why life outside the lab makes fools of all of us and
to conclude
some life-changing advice