The science of intimate relationships /

"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 f...

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Main Authors: Fletcher, Garth J. O.
Corporate Authors: Wiley (Online service)
Group Author: Simpson, Jeffry A.; Campbell, Lorne.; Overall, Nickola C.
Published: Wiley-Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.itextbook.cn/f/book/bookDetail?bookId=31d0f4a16c4843c998a635fc03a7604f
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"--
Item Description: Description based on print version record.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvii, 396 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [338]-382) and indexes.
ISBN: 9781118378731
Index Number: BF575
CLC: C913.14
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 .