The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage - Softcover

Regan, Pamela C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761926364 ISBN 13: 9780761926368

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Strongly grounded in methodology and research design, The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage provides a comprehensive review of the nature of love, the role of sex in relationships, and theories of human attraction. Author Pamela C. Regan presents a wide range of theoretical and empirical work that highlights the links among these interrelated topics.

 

Designed to promote active learning and spark debate for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in courses on Interpersonal or Close Relationships, Marriage and Family, and Human Sexuality, The Mating Game is also an indispensable resource for psychologists, therapists, and health professionals.

About this title

About the Author:

Pamela Regan is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota and her undergraduate degree in English from Williams College. Her research interests are in the areas of close relationships and human sexuality, with an emphasis on passionate love, sexual desire, and mate preference. She has published more than 100 journal articles, book chapters, and reviews (and has given over 75 professional presentations) on the dynamics of sex, love, and human mating, and she is the author of Close Relationships (Routledge, 2011), the co-author (with Ellen Berscheid) of The Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships (Pearson, 2005) and Lust: What We Know About Human Sexual Desire (Sage, 1999), and the co-author (with Bruce King) of Human Sexuality Today (Pearson, 2014). In 2007, she was honored with the Outstanding Professor Award by her university for excellence in instruction and professional achievement.

Review:

"The Mating Game is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university audience.  It progresses beyond a psychological or biological/physiological stance and encompasses a wide array of disciplines.  The comprehensive review and up-to-date information contained in The Mating Game not only provides answers to questions about important life events but also encourages readers′ interest in the field of interpersonal relationships and human mating.

―SirReadaLot.org (Savannah Jones SirReadaLot.org 2008-04-04)

"Pamela Regan′s writing style moved a chapter along at a brisk pace, but by chapter′s end I felt that the topic had been covered fully and relatively completely. As a seasoned professional in the area, the book was an excellent review." (Clyde Hendrick 2009-04-06)

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761926364
• ISBN 13: 9780761926368
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304