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The Science of Love

By: Wind Goodfriend, The Great Courses
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What is love? It's more scientific than you think.

Through 10 illuminating lectures, Dr. Wind Goodfriend surveys the biology of interpersonal attraction, sexual preference and desire, and conflict resolution. You'll look at a variety of romantic notions, common myths, and love stereotypes through the lens of science in order to break them down and better set expectations when it comes to keeping a long-term relationship happy and healthy. You'll apply biology, psychology, and anthropology to that "spark" we feel when we are attracted to someone, to better understand what that feeling is.

The mystery of love meets the power of science. And you'll never fall in love again - in quite the same way.

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About the Creator and Performer

Dr. Wind Goodfriend is a professor of psychology at Buena Vista University. She also serves as the assistant dean of liberal arts. Dr. Goodfriend earned her master’s degree and doctorate in social psychology from Purdue University. She is the author or editor of over 100 publications, including four textbooks. Her first textbook, Social Psychology, won the Most Promising Textbook of the Year Award in 2019 from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. She has also won several teaching awards, including the Wythe Teacher of the Year, one of the nation’s largest teaching prizes at the university level. Dr. Goodfriend’s research focuses on relationship violence, prejudice toward sexual and gender minorities, the psychological dynamics of cults, and how psychology is portrayed in popular culture and media.

Interesting Studies • Clear Explanations • Engaging Narration • Informative Content • Practical Relationship Advice
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This is fantastically written. Goodfriend is clearly an expert on the topic. My only issue was getting used to her voice, there was something about her pronunciation and emphasis that got on my nerves at first. But this is incredibly superficial and subjective, I recommend this book to anyone who likes psychology. I’d love to have her as a professor.

Science of Love

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I liked this insight and it has answered questions I didn’t even know I had. Some of the statements mentioned has been replaying in my head and is relevant to all my interactions and relationships and I do appreciate too and insight on advice for success and communication skills within existing and not yet existing relationships.

Intriguing and insightful

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So much great content that I now have to buy the hardcopy to mark up all the points I need to research further.

Fantastic!

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I really enjoyed listening to this course. I especially liked it being narrated by the author herself as enabled creation of a bond with the lecturer.

great course!

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A complete course in Love and Human Animal. What took her so long to tell us? Interesting, and sometimes funny.

So Good. So Informative

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I was in an Emotionally abusive relationship for 16 years and I am now in a very healthy relationship for the last 15 years this book validated a lot of what I went through and gave me a lot of ideas to continue making my present relationship work

Informative and inspiring

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I want to give 20 stars for this book. Love the research explanation and author’s inputs in each research.

Fabulous!

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Had great knowledge on things I had so many questions about throughout the years. If you had questions on the feelings you have that you had no answers for this book is the one for you! They have alot of general knowledge on the matter. Great insight 🙂

Very knowledgeable!

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This is one of the best cources I've listened on Audible so far. The lectures are interesting and everything is based on science.

Such a fun cource!

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This was a excellent review with good supportive references to formal studies from the biochemical/hormonal level to then support the behavioral studies and observations of people falling in love through those couples in relationships lasting decades and also presenting date of those relationships that end in failure. She even includes good data on the topic of domestic violence.
The narrator gets 4.5 stars, but this is irrelevant to the fact that the author’s skill to deliver her knowledge and expertise in 5 star book.
Very highly recommended.

Excellent review! Quite well researched and presented.

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