In their introductory text, editors Dragon (psychology, Cornell College, Iowa) and Duck (communications, U. of Iowa) take those new to social science research by the hand and lead them gently but inexorably through the processes, methods, and tools of scientific inquiry into the nature of human relationships. The volume's readings explore the questions that researchers have asked about relationships and the way they've tackled the questions; each chapter introduces more terms and approaches. The studies look at relationship issues including attraction, love, sexuality, relationship development, social power, relational maintenance, jealousy, conflict and disturbance, loneliness, social networks, and cyber-relationships.