Is friendship akin to kinship
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A domain-specific over a domain-general approach to understanding intimate relationships is supported and a number of interesting questions about the modular structure of cognitive and affective processes involved in these relationships are raised.About:
This article is published in Evolution and Human Behavior.The article was published on 2007-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 125 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Kin recognition & Kinship.read more
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Social Exchange Theory and Attachment Theory: Combination of Sociological and Psychological approaches to form a bio-psychosocial viewpoint to human social and interpersonal relationships
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