Why Him Why Her: Helen Fisher 1 Edition
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Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type (Hardcover)
by Helen Fisher (Author)
Textbook Details
* Hardcover: 304 pages
* Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; 1 edition (January 20, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0805082921
* ISBN-13: 978-0805082920
* Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
* Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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Textbook Description
Why do you fall in love with one person rather than another? In this fascinating and informative book, Helen Fisher, one of the world’s leading experts on romantic love, unlocks the hidden code of desire and attachment. Each of us, it turns out, primarily expresses one of four broad personality types—Explorer, Builder, Director, or Negotiator—and each of these types is governed by different chemical systems in the brain. Driven by this biology, we are attracted to partners who both mirror and complement our own personality type.
Until now the search for love has been blind, but Fisher pulls back the curtain and reveals how we unconsciously go about finding the right match. Drawing on her unique study of 40,000 men and women, she explores each personality type in detail and shows you how to identify your own type. Then she explains why some types match up well, whereas others are problematic. (Note to Explorers: be prepared for a wild ride when you hitch your star to a fellow Explorer!) Ultimately, Fisher’s investigation into the complex nature of romance and attachment leads to astonishing new insights into the essence of dating, love, and marriage.
Based on entirely new research—including a detailed questionnaire completed by five million people in thirty-three countries—Why Him? Why Her? will change your understanding of why you love him (or her) and help you use nature’s chemistry to find and keep your life partner.
Why Him Why Her Review
I like a good personality test as much as the next person, but this one was especially cool, even using the shape of your hand, length of your fingers to determine your testosterone level.
Helen Fisher seems to have done the research but that in itself doesn’t always impress. However, I thought my results were impressively accurate so on that basis I would highly recommend the test and the book. Her book is an excellent use of a couple hours or evenings to know yourself perhaps a lot better and also gives you a shot at accurately interpreting others. I think that any insights into self can increase flexibility and help to shape better decisions.
The book discussed early on, in the first few chapters that there are 4 types of personalities – explorer, builder, director and negotiator. Explorers are compatible with explorers, builders with builders, and directors to negotiators. Each of us manifests a combination of these types but more likely have 1 or 2 dominating types. There is a chapter that explains how science and history support this notion. The remainder of the book reinforces how to hone your skill in identifying the characteristics that define these individual types, thus giving you the advantage of knowing the right person for you for a successful relationship . If you are already in a relationship, you will still get a lot of good advice in how to make the relationship works. It will help you how understand more about your partner, about her/his strengths, weaknesses, wants, etc.