Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha have written the essential corrective to the evolutionary psychology literature.
Stanton PeeleWe often say 'love' when we really mean, and are acting out, an addiction-a sterile, ingrown dependency relationship, with another person serving as the object of our need for security.
Stanton PeeleAnger management (which is a part of both public displays of rage and spouse abuse) is about changing a person's internal reactions to events (how they see their behavior) by changing the support environment for the behavior (making them see the behavior is wrong).
Stanton PeeleWhen people can say to themselves - "What I'm doing is justified," there is little chance of their modifying a behavior.
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