Psychology in Action

Tag: romantic relationships

  • Love Me Tinder: A Psychological Perspective on Swiping

    Love Me Tinder: A Psychological Perspective on Swiping

    Several months ago, I wrote a post about how online dating has shifted the way people search for and establish romantic relationships in the modern era. Notably absent from that article was any mention of what has become the fastest growing, and arguably the most popular, dating app of the past several years: Tinder. Why…

  • iLoveYou, iLoveYouNot: The Psychology of Online Dating & Romantic Relationships

    When I first saw the movie “You’ve Got Mail” at the ripe old age of 8, the idea of developing a relationship through online chatrooms seemed novel, unconventional and even…creepy? Fast-forward 15 years later, where one in ten people are using an online dating website, and much of the stigma associated with this activity has declined.…