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		<title>Can humour be learned?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Davies</dc:creator>
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How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb?  Only one, but it takes six months and the bulb has to want to change!
Humour has a potentially valuable place in therapy; a large number of papers argue for the benefits of it in a therapeutic setting.   There is also a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is love really blind? Positive illusions in relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Davies</dc:creator>
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One of the more interesting of our (many) cognitive biases are positive illusions &#8211; a tendency to be view ourselves more positively than others, be optimistic about the future, and exaggerate our perceptions of control.  Positive illusions are typically self-enhancing, but if you&#8217;ve ever seen a madly in love couple, or been a part of one, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online dating and Valentine&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Davies</dc:creator>
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Around February, we get suddenly bombarded by the Valentine&#8217;s day promotional activities.  Conversation topics move to relationships, Valentine&#8217;s cards, and potential secret admirers.  You might make the prediction, that all this in-your-face love might make the average single person more likely to step up their efforts to find that special someone, perhaps even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love on the brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Davies</dc:creator>
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I had to write a piece on love as part of my positive psychology course, and as a die-hard bachelor, I wasn&#8217;t particularly looking forward to it.  But, as I looked into the research on love, I found it to be a fascinating area of research.  Maybe, deep down, I&#8217;m just an old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sternberg’s triangular theory of love</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Davies</dc:creator>
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Bob Sternberg is a pretty prolific guy in psychology.  Among many other topics, he’s studied intelligence, thinking styles, leadership, and he currently holds 10 honorary doctorates.  Below I present a quick overview of Sternberg’s triangular theory of love. 
In Sternberg’s theory, there are three main facets of love:

Passion – this includes sexual excitement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Happiness Lead to Success?  Part 2: Love and Relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Davies</dc:creator>
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This series is discussing the idea that not only does success bring happiness, but happiness also brings success.  Last time we found that happiness helps people to have better jobs and earn more money; today we&#8217;re going to see whether they enjoy better relationships too.  I&#8217;ve already written articles on happiness as it relates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Marriage Bring Happiness?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Davies</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Loves seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.&#8221;
- Mark Twain
 “A man doesn’t know what happiness is until he’s married.  By then it’s too late.”
- Frank Sinatra, from ‘The Joker [...]]]></description>
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