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The science of intimate relationships / Garth Fletcher ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fletcher, Garth J. O., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intimacy (Psychology).
- Sex (Psychology).
- Interpersonal relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 396 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "The Science of Intimate Relationships represents the first interdisciplinary approach to the latest scientific findings relating to human sexual relationships. -Offers an unusual degree of integration across topics, which include intimate relationships in terms of both mind and body; bonding from infancy to adulthood; selecting mates; love; communication and interaction; sex; passion; relationship dissolution; and more -Summarizes the links among human nature, culture, and intimate relationships -Presents and integrates the latest findings in the fields of social psychology, evolutionary psychology, human sexuality, neuroscience and biology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and clinical psychology. -Authored by four leading experts in the field -Instructor materials will be available upon publication"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Science of Intimate Relationships: Introduction 2. Intimate relationships in Context: Key Theories, Concepts, and Human Nature 3. The Intimate Relationship Mind 4. The Intimate Relationship Body 5. Born to Bond: From Infancy to Adulthood 6. Selecting Mates 7. Love, Sweet Love 8. Reading Minds, Partners, and Relationships 9. Communication and Interaction 10. Sex and Passion 11. Relationship Violence 12. Relationship Dissolution 13. Assembling the Relationship Jigsaw .
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
- OCLC:
- 827235376
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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