Table of Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 THE BUILDING BLOCKS of RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH METHODS
CHAPTER 3 ATTRACTION
CHAPTER 4 SOCIAL COGNITION
CHAPTER 5 COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 6 INTERDEPENDENCY
CHAPTER 7 FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER 8 LOVE
CHAPTER 9 SEXUALITY
CHAPTER 10 STRESSES AND STRAINS
CHAPTER 11 CONFLICT
CHAPTER 12 POWER AND VIOLENCE
CHAPTER 13 THE DISSOLUTION AND LOSS OF RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 14 MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING RELATIONSHIPS

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About the Author

Rowland S. Miller is a Professor of Psychology at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He has been teaching a course in Close Relationships for over 25 years, and he won the 2008 Teaching Award from the International Association for Relationship Research (primarily as a result of this book). He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, and a winner of the Edwin Newman Award for Excellence in Research from Psi Chi and the American Psychological Association.