Fairmont Hotel,
Washington, DC
Thursday, October 13, 2011
We are pleased to announce that the 5th annual Attraction and Relationships Preconference will continue this year at the Washington, DC, meeting, and will again include a diverse set of talks on both attraction and close relationships processes. This year's preconference also includes a panel discussion taking inventory of the current state of relationship science.
Breakfast (8:30-9:00)
Welcome (9:00-9:05)
Attraction Talk #1: Doug Kenrick (9:05-9:40)
Deep rationality: Sex, love, and economic decision-making
Attraction Talk #2: Terri Conley (9:40-10:15)
Sexual double standards and anticipated pleasures: Explaining gender
differences in reaction to real and hypothetical casual sex offers
Coffee Break (10:15-10:30)
Attraction Talk #3: Nathan DeWall (10:30-11:05)
Social disconnection and attraction: Similarity and
attraction to alternatives
Relationships Talk #1: James McNulty (11:05-11:40)
Beyond main effects: On the importance of taking a
contextual perspective in the study of relationships
Lunch (11:40-1:30)
Relationships Talk #2: Johan Karremans (1:30-2:05)
How to deal with the threat of attractive alternatives (and
other relationship threats)
Relationships Talk #3: Brooke Feeney (2:05-2:40)
A theory of thriving through relationships
Coffee Break (2:40-2:55)
Relationships Talk #4: Lara Kammrath (2:55-3:30)
What trait self control reveals about inhibitory and initiatory com-
munal responsiveness (and what they reveal about trait self control)
Panel Discussion on the state of Relationship Science (3:30-4:30)
Panelists: Lorne Campbell, Margaret Clark, John Holmes, Doug Kenrick