Does true love exist? You know, the kismet kind that Shakespeare must have been writing about in Romeo and Juliet. The kind that makes people blind (while being perfectly healthy); the kind that happens once in a lifetime; the kind you sacrifice for readily, to walk in the direction of fate.

While it remains a doubt whether true love exists, the attribution theory predicts that one is most likely to fall in “love” with someone who gets you stirred up emotionally, even when fear, anger, frustration, or rejection is part of the formula.

Well...does this mean it's possible to manipulate people into believing that they are in love when they are actually not?

In the real world, a meddling parent who tries to separate a young couple often intensifies their feelings. Their interference add frustration, anger and fear or excitement to the young couple's feelings, into believing that this is true love.

During one of Stuart Valins’ research on emotions, male college students were showed images of nude females. While viewing the photos, each student heard an amplified heartbeat that he believed to be his own.

In truth, students were listening to recorded heartbeats, designed to sound louder when certain images were shown. After so, the students were asked to decide which nude female they think was the most attractive.

As a result, students repeatedly voted for slides which was paired with loud recorded heartbeat, as the most attractive. Apparently, the students allowed their own reactions to guide them into their decisions, since their heartbeat would usually acelerate when they notice a sexy babe.

The poor guys must be puzzled and confused by their own emotions! If they were shown nude males instead, would they have thought they were gays?

In another study, a female psychologist interviewed men in a park. Some of the interviews were conducted on a swaying suspension bridge 230 feet above a river while the rest of the interviews were conducted on a solid wooden bridge 10 feet above the ground.

After the interview, the psychology gave each man her contact number. Men who went through the interview on the suspension bridge experienced heightened excitement and were much likely to call her. These men thought that they were attracted to her! In short, love at first fright! For a successful marriage proposal, perhaps it's a good idea to bring your intended to the middle of a narrow, windswept suspension bridge. Ya?

Now, maybe true love really does exist. But so do fake ones! Be careful!

Does true love exist? You know, the kismet kind that Shakespeare must have been writing about in Romeo and Juliet. The kind that makes people blind (while being perfectly healthy); the kind that happens once in a lifetime; the kind you sacrifice for readily, to walk in the direction of fate.

While it remains a doubt whether true love exists, the attribution theory predicts that one is most likely to fall in “love” with someone who gets you stirred up emotionally, even when fear, anger, frustration, or rejection is part of the formula.

Well...does this mean it's possible to manipulate people into believing that they are in love when they are actually not?

In the real world, a meddling parent who tries to separate a young couple often intensifies their feelings. Their interference add frustration, anger and fear or excitement to the young couple's feelings, into believing that this is true love.

During one of Stuart Valins’ research on emotions, male college students were showed images of nude females. While viewing the photos, each student heard an amplified heartbeat that he believed to be his own.

In truth, students were listening to recorded heartbeats, designed to sound louder when certain images were shown. After so, the students were asked to decide which nude female they think was the most attractive.

As a result, students repeatedly voted for slides which was paired with loud recorded heartbeat, as the most attractive. Apparently, the students allowed their own reactions to guide them into their decisions, since their heartbeat would usually acelerate when they notice a sexy babe.

The poor guys must be puzzled and confused by their own emotions! If they were shown nude males instead, would they have thought they were gays?

In another study, a female psychologist interviewed men in a park. Some of the interviews were conducted on a swaying suspension bridge 230 feet above a river while the rest of the interviews were conducted on a solid wooden bridge 10 feet above the ground.

After the interview, the psychology gave each man her contact number. Men who went through the interview on the suspension bridge experienced heightened excitement and were much likely to call her. These men thought that they were attracted to her! In short, love at first fright! For a successful marriage proposal, perhaps it's a good idea to bring your intended to the middle of a narrow, windswept suspension bridge. Ya?

Now, maybe true love really does exist. But so do fake ones! Be careful!