Love 2.0 By Barbara Fredrickson

Leslie Bell’s “Hard to Get”, Barbara Fredrickson’s “Love 2.0”, and Daniel Gilbert’s “Immune to Reality” all focus on a central theme of the unconscious while touching on the subject uniquely. Bell touches on the subject of the unconscious through the idea of splitting, Fredrickson focuses on the unconscious in terms of the body’s perspective on love, and Gilbert expresses his views on the unconscious through his idea of “cooking the facts (Gilbert 131).” Each author expresses the importance of the unconscious thought and the influence it can have on our interactions and behaviors, and to what degree. Fredrickson believes making the unconscious conscious in more positively influential, whereas Bell and Gilbert believe making the unconscious
conscious leads to negative effects. Whatever the case it is clear that making the unconscious conscious is an influential part of orchestrating our behaviors and interactions. By attempting to become aware of our unconscious thoughts and processes we influence the amount of agency we have in controlling our interactions and behaviors.