Dr. Lindsey A. Beck is a social psychologist who studies how people initiate, develop, and maintain close relationships, including friendships and romantic relationships. For example, she examines how people react to signs of initial interest in a relationship, how partners ask for and offer support as they develop relationships, and how couples respond to stressful situations in ongoing relationships. She uses diverse and ecologically valid methods to explore these topics, including longitudinal and daily-report studies, dyadic designs, field studies, experimental designs, developmental approaches, and physiological methods. She also teaches courses in the psychology of close relationships, the psychology of emotions, social psychology, and introduction to psychology.