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Alone

The Badass Psychology of People Who Like Being Alone

By: Bella M.. DePaulo

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Alone

The Badass Psychology of People Who Like Being Alone

By: Bella M.. DePaulo

Collection of more than 60 articles published in places such as Psychology Today, Psych Central, and the Washington Post.

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1978362277

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Singled Out

How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After

By: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D.

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Singled Out

How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After

By: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D.

People who are single are changing the face of America. Did you know that: * More than 40 percent of the nation's adults---over 87 million people---are divorced, widowed, or have always been single. * There are more households comprised of single people living alone than of married parents and their children. * Americans now spend more of their adult years single than married. Many of today's single people have engaging jobs, homes that they own, and a network of friends. This is not the 1950s---singles can have sex without marrying, and they can raise smart, successful, and happy children. It should be a great time to be single. Yet too often single people are still asked to defend their single status by an onslaught of judgmental peers and fretful relatives. Prominent people in politics, the popular press, and the intelligentsia have all taken turns peddling myths about marriage and singlehood. Marry, they promise, and you will live a long, happy, and healthy life, and you will never be lonely again. Drawing from decades of scientific research and stacks of stories from the front lines of singlehood, Bella DePaulo debunks the myths of singledom---and shows that just about everything you've heard about the benefits of getting married and the perils of staying single are grossly exaggerated or just plain wrong. Although singles are singled out for unfair treatment by the workplace, the marketplace, and the federal tax structure, they are not simply victims of this singlism. Single people really are living happily ever after. Filled with bracing bursts of truth and dazzling dashes of humor, Singled Out is a spirited and provocative read for the single, the married, and everyone in between. You will never think about singlehood or marriage the same way again. Singled Out debunks the Ten Myths of Singlehood, including: Myth #1: The Wonder of Couples: Marrieds know best. Myth #3: The Dark Aura of Singlehood: You are miserable and lonely and your life is tragic. Myth #5: Attention, Single Women: Your work won't love you back and your eggs will dry up. Also, you don't get any and you're promiscuous. Myth #6: Attention, Single Men: You are horny, slovenly, and irresponsible, and you are the scary criminals. Or you are sexy, fastidious, frivolous, and gay. Myth #7: Attention, Single Parents: Your kids are doomed. Myth #9: Poor Soul: You will grow old alone and you will die in a room by yourself where no one will find you for weeks. Myth #10: Family Values: Let's give all of the perks, benefits, gifts, and cash to couples and call it family values. "With elegant analysis, wonderfully detailed examples, and clear and witty prose, DePaulo lays out the many, often subtle denigrations and discriminations faced by single adults in the U.S. She addresses, too, the resilience of single women and men in the face of such singlism. A must-read for all single adults, their friends and families, as well as social scientists and policy advocates." ---E. Kay Trimberger, author of The New Single Woman

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St. Martin's Press

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1466800526

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Single at Heart

The Power, Freedom and Joy of Single Life

By: Bella DePaulo

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Single at Heart

The Power, Freedom and Joy of Single Life

By: Bella DePaulo

America's foremost thinker and writer on the single experience ' Atlantic 'Bella DePaulo isn't just a powerhouse, she's a lighthouse ... We need more luminaries like her' Catherine Gray, author of The Unexpected Joy of Being Single All too often, society issues dire warnings about the risks of single living. But is finding a romantic partner really a requirement for a full life? World-leading expert on single life Dr Bella DePaulo argues that a healthy, happy life is possible not in spite of being single - but because of it. DePaulo draws on her research expertise, as well as her own experience as a single woman, to demonstrate how choosing to be single can provide confidence, strength and deep fulfilment. With advice on topics including solitude, freedom, intimacy, children and societal pressure, Single at Heart addresses misconceptions about single life and gives you the tools and self-knowledge to stand up for what is right for you.

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Souvenir Press

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180522400X

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How We Live Now

Redefining Home and Family in the 21st Century

By: Bella M. DePaulo

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How We Live Now

Redefining Home and Family in the 21st Century

By: Bella M. DePaulo

A close-up examination and exploration, How We Live Now challenges our old concepts of what it means to be a family and have a home, opening the door to the many diverse and thriving experiments of living in twenty-first century America. Across America and around the world, in cities and suburbs and small towns, people from all walks of life are redefining our “lifespaces”—the way we live and who we live with. The traditional nuclear family in their single-family home on a suburban lot has lost its place of prominence in contemporary life. Today, Americans have more choices than ever before in creating new ways to live and meet their personal needs and desires. Social scientist, researcher, and writer Bella DePaulo has traveled across America to interview people experimenting with the paradigm of how we live. In How We Live Now, she explores everything from multi-generational homes to cohousing communities where one’s “family” is made up of friends and neighbors to couples “living apart together” to single-living, and ultimately uncovers a pioneering landscape for living that throws the old blueprint out the window. Through personal interviews and stories, media accounts, and in-depth research, How We Live Now explores thriving lifespaces, and offers the reader choices that are freer, more diverse, and more attuned to our modern needs for the twenty-first century and beyond.

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320

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Simon and Schuster

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1582704791

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Singlism

What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop It

By: Bella Depaulo Phd

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Singlism

What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop It

By: Bella Depaulo Phd

A social psychologist examines the widespread cultural bias against unmarried adults, debunks commonly held myths about singlehood, and challenges the financial, social, economic, and other discrimination that single adults confront.

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266

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Doubledoor Books

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0615486789

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9780615486789

The Psychology of Dexter

By: Bella Depaulo

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The Psychology of Dexter

By: Bella Depaulo

Peek inside the mind of Dexter Morgan—police forensic analyst, family man, serial killer, and the star of Showtime’s most-watched series—with essays from seventeen psychologists and avid fans. Aimed at Dexter devotees and armchair psychologists, The Psychology of Dexter takes on the psychological complexities of the popular series with an eye towards insight and accessibility. It analyzes not just the title character, but his family, coworkers, and even his viewers. What makes Dexter tick? What makes a show about a serial killer so appealing to those of us at home. And do we need to be worried about our own Dark Passengers? From the implications of faking normalcy (could it be behind Dexter’s still-in-progress emotional growth?) to where the show weighs in on the psychological debate between nature and nurture, this book gives fans a peek inside Dexter’s psyche. Think you know Dexter? The Psychology of Dexter will make you think again.

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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1935618334

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Single at Heart

The Power, Freedom and Joy of Single Life

By: Bella DePaulo

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The Power, Freedom and Joy of Single Life

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Friendsight: What Friends Know That Others Don't

Professional Papers

By: Bella Depaulo, Ph.d.

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Friendsight: What Friends Know That Others Don't

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By: Bella Depaulo, Ph.d.

Award-winning social scientist, Harvard Ph.D., and acclaimed author of "Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After," Bella DePaulo turns her attention in this collection to one of the most significant and underappreciated relationships in our lives - friendship. She finds, for example, that: Two friends look at the same facial expression and interpret it the same way - if they are women. Over time, two friends can spot each other's lies more accurately - but only if they are emotionally close. Sometimes one friend does not want the other to notice feelings of sadness or anger - then the closer friends are actually less likely to recognize that distress than the less close friends. Ordinarily, though, friends are more likely to know the truth about each other than are strangers, and that's because friends less often lie to each other in their everyday lives. Those discoveries and more are described in the five articles in this collection. All were originally published in scholarly journals. 1.Similarities between Friends in their Understanding of Nonverbal Cues 2.Familiarity Effects in Nonverbal Understanding: Recognizing Our Own Facial Expressions and Our Friends' 3.Reading Nonverbal Cues to Emotions: The Advantages and Liabilities of Relationship Closeness 4.Everyday Lies in Close and Casual Relationships 5.The Development of Deception Detection Skill: A Longitudinal Study of Same-Sex Friends

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146099065X

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Singled Out

How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After

By: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D.

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How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After

By: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D.

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The Psychology of Dexter

By: Bella Depaulo

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By: Bella Depaulo

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How We Live Now

Redefining Home and Family in the 21st Century

By: Bella M. DePaulo

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Redefining Home and Family in the 21st Century

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Simon and Schuster

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Is Anyone Really Good at Detecting Lies?

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By: Charles F. Bond,Bella Depaulo, Ph.d.

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Is Anyone Really Good at Detecting Lies?

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By: Charles F. Bond,Bella Depaulo, Ph.d.

The savvy lie-detector has become a staple of popular culture. Human lie detectors, in the papers collected here, are those who skillfully separate truths from lies when observing or interacting with another person - and they do it using just what they can see or hear. It is not just in the media that the legend of the impressive human lie detector thrives - some scholars have endorsed the notion, too. But is it really so? Ph.D. social psychologists Charles F. Bond Jr. and Bella DePaulo have been studying the psychology of deceiving and detecting deceit for decades. In this anthology, they toss some empirically-grounded skepticism at claims about humans' abilities to tell when other people are lying. The journal articles address questions such as the following:1. Maybe ordinary people aren't so great at detecting lies, but don't they get more insightful over time as they get to know someone better?2. What about people who try to detect lies as part of their jobs - and have done so for years: Are they especially successful at knowing when other people are lying?3. Are there some people who are so talented at detecting lies that they deserve to be called lie-detection wizards?4. Are there times when other people strike us as dishonest even when they are telling the truth? When might that happen?5. Suppose we examine every study that has ever been reported on skill at distinguishing lies from truths: What would that lead us to conclude about the human ability to detect lies? 6. Now suppose we scrutinize every available study for evidence of individual differences in the ability to detect lies: Will we find that some people are great and others are awful? Or will we find that some people consistently just look more honest than others, regardless of whether they are lying or telling the truth?

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1461026245

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Book's by Bella Depaulo

Alone

Alone

Singled Out

Singled Out

Single at Heart

Single at Heart

How We Live Now

How We Live Now

Singlism

Singlism

The Psychology of Dexter

The Psychology of Dexter

Single at Heart

Single at Heart

Friendsight: What Friends Know That Others Don't

Friendsight: What Friends Know That Others Don't

Singled Out

Singled Out

The Psychology of Dexter

The Psychology of Dexter

How We Live Now

How We Live Now

Is Anyone Really Good at Detecting Lies?

Is Anyone Really Good at Detecting Lies?

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