Knowing and not knowing in intimate relationships /
Paul C. Rosenblatt and Elizabeth Wieling
- 1 online resource (viii, 198 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index.
1. Knowing and not knowing are central to intimacy; 2. How couples build knowledge of one another; 3. How well do you know each other? About 90%; 4. Concerns about the other's potential reaction to something not yet revealed; 5. What people cannot or would rather not know; 6. Processes in being a judicious nondiscloser; 7. Discovery of lies and secrets; 8. Gender differences in intimate knowing; 9. Family of origin; 10. Is it good to know and be known extremely well?; 11. Phenomenology of knowing and being known.