Attraction Explained

Description:

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. In Attraction Explained, psychologists 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 foolproof 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, appearance, personality, and similarity affect who we fall for and why. -- from back cover.

subjects: Interpersonal relations,  Relationship quality,  Social sciences,  Qualité des relations humaines,  Sciences sociales,  PSYCHOLOGY,  Social Psychology,  Interpersonal attraction,  Sexual attraction,  Attraction interpersonnelle,  Attrait sexuel,  PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology,  PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family