{"product_id":"2026200013019-secondhand-towards-understanding-relationships","title":"Towards Understanding Relationships","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it truly mean to be in a relationship — and can the complex, shifting nature of human bonds ever be fully understood? In Towards Understanding Relationships, pioneering ethologist and behavioural scientist Robert A. Hinde constructs a rigorous and comprehensive framework for analysing interpersonal relationships, drawing on disciplines ranging from developmental psychology to social anthropology. Published as part of the prestigious European Monographs in Social Psychology series, the work systematically dissects the components of dyadic interactions, examining how individual behaviour, the nature of interactions, and broader social structures interweave to shape the relationships that define human life.\n\nHinde argues with scholarly precision that no single discipline can claim ownership of relationship science, and his cross-disciplinary synthesis remains a landmark contribution to social psychology. His prose is measured and authoritative, reflecting decades of meticulous research at the Medical Research Council Unit on the Development and Integration of Behaviour in Madingley, Cambridge. Far from being a dry academic treatise, the work carries an undercurrent of profound curiosity about the human condition — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of our inner world is shaped, and perhaps even created, by those we choose to be close to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203277398235,"sku":"2026200013019-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c47d238a-3e4e-4a4e-8e36-78ced47dfd3b.png?v=1788147276","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013019-secondhand-towards-understanding-relationships","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}