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Interpersonal relationships
- Sexual intercourseSexual intercourse is one of the few human behaviors that researchers study constantly yet rarely agree on how to define.
- Sexual orientationSexual orientation is described by the American Psychological Association as an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and sexual attractions to men…
- RomanceRomance names something that resists being named. The philosopher Arthur Lovejoy once wrote that "the word 'romantic' has come to mean so many things that…
- HeterosexualityHeterosexuality was, for most of human history, a thing without a name. The word did not exist until Karl Maria Kertbeny coined it in 1869, alongside the…
- Trust (social science)Trust sits at the center of almost every human interaction, yet most people never stop to examine it. It is the belief that another person will do what is…
- BetrayalBetrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence. It produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship…
- Courtly loveThe ducal courts of Aquitaine and Provence began to cultivate a new kind of love around the year 1099. Eleanor of Aquitaine moved from her home in southern…
- Interpersonal relationshipInterpersonal relationships shape nearly every hour of a human life. They appear when people communicate or act within specific social contexts, and they…
- I and ThouI and Thou, published in 1923 under its original German title Ich und Du, arrived at a moment when Martin Buber had a precise diagnosis for a sickness he saw…
- SycophancySycophancy names something most people recognize instantly: the hollow praise, the fawning agreement, the person who tells you exactly what you want to hear.
- Stockholm syndromeOn the 23rd of August 1973, Jan-Erik Olsson entered Kreditbanken in Stockholm with a loaded gun. He held four employees hostage inside one of the bank's…