Pronunciation Challenge Why We Pick Difficult Partners

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Do you think you tend to pick difficult partners?

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Some very real constraints around whom we can love and feel properly attracted to come from a place we might not think to look: our childhoods. Our psychological history strongly predisposes us to fall for only certain types of people.

Key Vocabulary

1. constraint

constraint

[kənˈstreɪnt] (n.)

restriction

[riˈstrɪkʃən] (n.)

restraint

[rɪˈstreɪnt] (n.)

2. attract

attract

[əˈtrækt] (v.)

attractive

[əˈtræktɪv] (adj.)

attraction

[əˈtrækʃən] (n.)

3. psychological

psychological

[ˌsaɪkəˈlɑʤɪkəl] (adj.)

psychology

[saɪˈkɑləʤi] (n.)

pyschologist

[saɪˈkɑləʤəst] (n.)

4. predispose

predispose

[ˌpridɪˈspoʊz] (v.)

dispose

[dɪˈspoʊz] (v.)

5. fall for

fall for

(phr.)