Dating Disasters and How to Avoid Them By: Dr. Joy Browne
Amanda Vero [email protected] Jillian Walmach
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[email protected] Disasters and How to Avoid
ThemBy: Dr. Joy BrowneIntroduction People will tell us everything
we need to know about then in the first fifteen minutes- most of us
just dont pay attention to the information we get.
Author: Dr. Joy Browne Dr. Joy Browne shares honest-to-goodness,
true-life people and situations with you that will either make you
feel right at home or that your own tragic stories pale in
comparison to; and she gives you the specific step-by-step options
to either continue to strive for true misery or opt for more sanity
should you so choose.
SummaryThis book is based on dating and things that can go wrong
during a relationship. It discusses different types of guys, such
as: The married guy, separated but still married guy, recently
divorced guy, the stuck guy, the game player, the addict, the
manic-depressive, mamas boy, passive-aggressive, the whiner,
control-freak, misogynist, the competitor, the narcissist, the
trust fund kid, the gold digger and the self-loather. This book
also discusses topics about first dates and the issues regarding
how to ensure a dating disaster. It discusses the advantages and
disadvantages of dealing with the different types of men and how to
deal with them in the best way.Typical routines of guys and what to
do and what not to do once you have found one of those types of
guys. You have to decide whether or not you want to keep him or
not!ThesisThesis: The most extreme case of disastrous tendency is
when we are dating. In addition to the stress and excitement of
meeting and reacting to a stranger with potential romantic
interest, we are busy presenting who we want to come off as:
likeable loveableCuteSexySane
**People see less of who the other people are because we are so
nervous about who we are.**
ContextA circumstance that is related to the topic of this book,
which is dating, can be online dating. Our information that we
found about on-line dating relates to a section in the book, where
the author states that a lot of people are meeting and dating
on-line, estimating about 45 million Americans.
DataThe data from this book has come from:Personal
ExperiencesPhone calls from her radio showInternet dating Ads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Dx-hri_x8
How Couples Meet
Rosenfeld, M. (2010). Meeting online: the rise of the internet
as a social intermediary. Population Association of America
Conference ProceedingDating and the Internet1. The Social
Demography of Internet Dating in the U.S.: - 3,125 participants
-Telephone Interview conducted by Princeton Survey
Research-Random-digit-dialing research methodology2. Psychological
Characteristics of Internet Dating Users:- 3,345 participants
(47.5% men & 52.5% women)- Average age of participants was
48.-Participants were members of the Market Facts Consumer Mail
Panel-Conducted by the 2004 DDB Needham Life Style Survey3. Meeting
Online: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary:-3,009
partnered adults-HCMST Internet Survey-Conducted by Knowledge
Networks -Nation wide sample, randomly selected
Results904 -The number of dating service establishments
nationwide as of 2002. These establishments, which include Internet
dating services, employed nearly 4,300 people and generated $489
million in revenues.This growth in Internet dating services and
patterns of utilization reflect three factors:(1) technological
change making Internet dating available and efficient, coupled with
growing computer literacy that makes it increasingly accessible(2)
demographic change producing a greater number and variety of
persons who might be searching for romantic partners.(3) social
change making Internet dating more acceptable.(Sautter, Tippett,
& Morgan, 2010)People who are sociable are more likely to use
internet dating services than those who are less sociable
(Mikyoung, Kyoung, & Mira, 2009).
2002 Economic Census
Is the book helpful?The book can be helpful for different
situations.It is helpful because somethings the book talks about,
people can really compare their lives to but in other parts it is
to extreme. The book can be biased since it is written from a
womens perspective on men, and from a psychologist perspective.The
author is a licensed clinical psychologist but it does not tell us
for how long.
ConclusionBased on the book you can conclude that more people
are turning to online dating sites for various reasonsNot
sufficient amount of data on online dating users Dating is almost
like a job interviewBook focuses on negatives versus positives of
datingRepresents larger trends of nation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbDDxQqdVzw&feature=related
RecommendationsSurveying various populations on their thoughts
of online datingFinding how singles find each other aside from
online datingResearch psychological aspects Why people want to be
someone they may not be. Why people feel the need to be in a
relationship.
References Browne, D. J. (2005). Dating Disasters and How to
Avoid Them. California: Hay House Inc.Mikyoung, K., Kyoung-Nan, K.,
& Mira, L. (2009). Psychological characteristics of internet
dating service users: the effect of self-esteem, involvement, and
sociability on the use of internet dating services. CyberPsychology
& Behavior, 12(4), 445-449. Rosenfeld, M. (2010). Meeting
online: the rise of the internet as a social intermediary.
Population Association of America Conference ProceedingSautter, J.
M., Tippett, R. M., & Morgan, S. (2010). The social demography
of internet dating in the united states. Social Science Quarterly
(Blackwell Publishing Limited), 91(2), 554-575.
Final Exam Questions1. Which is NOT one of the types of guys
listed in Dating Disasters and how to avoid them?Gold diggerMamas
boySelf-LoatherThe Prince2. Which of the following is not a source
of data that Dr. Browne used to write Dating Disasters and How to
Avoid Them?
Internet SurveysPersonal ExperiencesPhone calls from her radio
showInternet Dating Ads
Which of these types of men are not included in the The
Too-Good-to-Be-True chapter?The Recently Divorced guyThe separated
but still married guyThe Dance-Away loverThe stuck guy
