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The Rules of Attraction and the Psychology of Romance (Season 4, Episode 33)
Podcast Episode | 66 min | Talk-Show

Psychology is hard, even when you're just trying to understand what's going on with one impossibly complex person. Romance psychology is particularly hard because you're trying to understand what's going on between two impossibly complex ...See morePsychology is hard, even when you're just trying to understand what's going on with one impossibly complex person. Romance psychology is particularly hard because you're trying to understand what's going on between two impossibly complex people. Eli Finkel is a professor of psychology at Northwestern University. Paul Eastwick is a professor at the University of California, Davis. Both are experts on the psychology of attraction, dating, and romance and hosts of the Love Factually podcast. Today, Derek asks: Does anybody actually have "a type"? Are we any good at predicting the sort of people we'll fall in love with? Has online dating caused people to over-filter for attraction, even though initial attraction doesn't determine long-term compatibility? How do modern, affluent folks' incredibly high expectations of marriage affect satisfaction in long-term relationships? See less
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Paul Eastwick
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Eli Finkel
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