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marriage. During the course of the study, as parental interference intensified, so
did the love experience. When the interference weakened, romantic feelings actu-
ally cooled (Driscoll, Davis, 8{ Lipetz, 1972).3
For twos and teens, then, psychological reactance flows across the broad sur-
face of experience, always turbulent and forceful. For most of the rest of us, the pool
of reactant energy lies quiet and covered, erupting geyserlike only on occasion
(Ruback 8{ Juieng, 1997). Still, these eruptions manifest themselves in a variety of
fascinating ways that are of interest not only to the student of human behavior but
to lawmakers and policymakers as well.
For instance, there's the odd case of Kennesaw, Georgia, the town that enacted
a law requiring every adult resident to own a gun and ammunition, under penalty
of six months in jail and a $200 fine. All the features of the Kennesaw gun law make