Fletcher / Simpson / Campbell The Science of Intimate Relationships

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-37873-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, E-Book

The Science of Intimate Relationships represents thefirst interdisciplinary approach to the latest scientific findingsrelating to human sexual relationships.
* Offers an unusual degree of integration across topics, whichinclude intimate relationships in terms of both mind and body;bonding from infancy to adulthood; selecting mates; love;communication and interaction; sex; passion; relationshipdissolution; and more
* Summarizes the links among human nature, culture, and intimaterelationships
* Presents and integrates the latest findings in the fields ofsocial psychology, evolutionary psychology, human sexuality,neuroscience and biology, developmental psychology, anthropology,and clinical psychology.
* Authored by four leading experts in the field
* Instructor materials are available at www.wiley.com/go/fletcher

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fletcher, Garth

Fletcher, Garth J. O.

Simpson, Jeffry A.

Campbell, Lorne

Overall, Nickola

Overall, Nickola C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors xv
Preface xvi
Part One: Introduction 1
1 The Science of Intimate Relationships 3
2 Intimate Relationships in Context: Key Theories, Concepts, and Human Nature 14
Part Two: The Relationship Animal 39
3 The Intimate Relationship Mind 41
4 The Intimate Relationship Body 69
Part Three: Beginning Relationships: Att achment and Mate Selection 97
5 Born to Bond: from Infancy to Adulthood 99
6 Selecting Mates 125
Part Four: Maintaining Relationships:the Psychology of Intimacy 155
7 Love, Sweet Love 157
8 Reading Minds, Partners, and Relationships 184
9 Communication and Interaction 210
10 Sex and Passion 236
11 Relationship Violence 259
Part Five: Ending Relationships: the Causes and Consequences of Relationship Dissolution 285
12 Relationship Dissolution 287
Part Six: Conclusion 313
13 Assembling the Relationship Jigsaw 315
Glossary 327
References 338
Author Index 383
Subject Index 390

Über Autor(innen)

Garth Fletcher is Professor of Psychology at VictoriaUniversity Wellington. He is a fellow of five societies includingthe Royal Society of New Zealand, the Association forPsychological Science, and the Society forPersonality and Social Psychology, and has been associateeditor of both Personal Relationships and Journal ofPersonality and Social Psychology. Fletcher has published over100 articles and book chapters, and has authored and edited 6books.
Jeffry A. Simpson is Professor of Psychology and Directorof the Doctoral Minor in Interpersonal Relationships (IREL) at theUniversity of Minnesota. He has been the editor of the journalPersonal Relationships and is currently the editor ofJournal of Personality and Social Psychology: InterpersonalRelations and Group Processes (JPSP-IRGP). Simpson is theincoming president of the International Association forRelationship Research, and has published nearly 200 articlesand chapters along with several edited books.
Lorne Campbell is Associate Professor of Psychology theUniversity of Western Ontario. He has published over 40 articlesand book chapters, serves on the editorial board of Journal ofPersonality and Social Psychology and Personality and SocialPsychology Bulletin, and has been the editor of the journalPersonal Relationships.Nickola Overall is Senior Lecturer of Psychology at theUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand. She has published over 35articles and book chapters, serves on the editorial board of theJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, and iscurrently associate editor for Personal Relationships.