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A major strength for happily married couples is |
The quality of their sexual relationship |
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In recent years people are more ——— to discussions about sex |
Open |
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Sexuality refers to |
Ones beliefs, values, and behaviors that defines each of us as a sexual being |
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Genre refers to |
Learned characteristics and behaviors associated with being male or female in a particular culture |
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Sexual orientation is |
Persons self identification as a heterosexual homosexual bisexual or transgender |
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Western culture consider that woman have .. |
Little interest in sex |
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Standards of attractiveness very specifics from ——- to ——- |
Culture |
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What is practiced in Africa |
Female circumcision is practiced widely and not to reduce the likelihood of urinary tract infection |
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How many years do people with HIV Carriers go without having symptoms |
10 |
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Gay lesbian heterosexual relationships are |
Similar, alike to eachother |
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Lesbians and gays have |
Affective communication are caring parents and have a high emotional connection with each partner |
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50% of 45 years or older say |
They are satisfied with their sex life |
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1/3 of people 45 years and older have sex .. |
Once a week |
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Teenage pregnancy rate is |
Declining |
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More than 80% of us adults are |
In favor of sex education |
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A survey found that marriage is most in important to a |
Mans life |
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Complementary couple |
Validate each other and value the marital bond, sex tends to be come low in priority and very routine. |
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Conflict minimizing couple |
Typically have traditional roles were the male initiates the sex and it is very rarely discussed |
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Best friend couple |
Intimacy is valued and sex is an integral part however its difficult to maintain due to high expectations |
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Emotionally expressive couple |
A very volatile relationship where sex is passionate fun and playful however if this couple does not last it will be a divorce from hell |
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Love and friendship |
Binds society together, provide emotional support and preserves are physical and physiological help |
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The fabric of friendship |
Includes respect enjoyment and spontaneity |
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Modern forms of communication have made our friendships more superficial because |
We don’t maintain relationships |
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Historically many marriages were based upon |
Economic considerations and not upon love |
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Love is blind |
Because brain chemistry influences our thinking because of feeling energized and excited when we meet someone |
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Love is misdiagnosed |
Because we mistake love with what is really passion and excitement when real love is about caring about the happiness of someone else without any thought of getting something in return |
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Sternberg‘s triangular theory of love |
Passion (quick sexual) intimacy (slow) commitment (attachment) |
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Consummate love |
Includes passion intimacy and commitment |
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Liking |
Intimacy only |
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Romantic love |
Intimacy and passion |
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Infatuation |
Just passion |
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Fatuous love |
Passion and commitment |
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Empty love |
Commitment only |
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Companionate love |
Intimacy and commitment |
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People who are intensely and now have the dopamine levels and Serotonin levels similar to |
Someone with OCD |
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Oxytocin |
Is the hormone related to attachment and connection with another person |
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Jealousy |
Is defined as an emotional response to a real or perceived threat to a valued relationship and can create a vicious cycle of greater jealousy and on and on |
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Online dating is popular |
But Rarely do people find their spouses online |
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Men gain greater intimacy through |
Doing things together |
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When it comes to intimacy and relationship there should be a balance between |
Self disclosure and withholding some information |
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The different types of intimacy |
Emotional intimacy, intellectual, social, recreational, and sexual |
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What is the paradox of marriage and intimacy |
We expect intimacy to go up when we get married but often intimacy declines after marriage |
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Happy couples have |
Good communication skills, experience closeness, flexibility, have similar personality characteristics |
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Zero sum intimacy game |
A game couples play where one person is the winner and the other is the loser |
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I don’t care you decide intimacy game |
The initiator usually knows that the other person will make a decision counter to his or her desires |
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Making implicit rules explicit |
The most common implicit rule is don’t ask for what you want or you won’t get it. So people have to learn to be direct and their requests |
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Secure romantic attachment |
Hi levels of comfort closeness and interdependence |
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To maintain a secure romantic attachment couples must |
Continue self disclosure be mutually supportive and have healthy sexual experiences |
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Adult attachment is impacted from |
Infancy attachment to parents |
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In Japan women are |
Entering the workforce becoming financially independent and delaying marriage |
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Women are single and having children because |
They may not want to be married they may not find an acceptable partner but still want to be a parent |
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Comparing marriage to arrange marriage love levels were less important in arranged marriage but |
Marital satisfaction levels were the same in both cultures |
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A lot of non-industrialized world still practices |
Arranged marriages |
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In China when it comes to mate selection of marriages |
Marriages in big cities is now a free choice in comparison to the last 70 years |
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In the US when it comes to dating a mate selection parents are |
More involved in the selection express approval or disapproval |
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Dating may lead to intimacy but not necessarily commitment focuses on the romantic attraction and tends to focus on re-creation of love and romance |
Teens prefer a freedom of choice in how they date and what it means just hanging out or commitment |
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Dating is so confusing and difficult for young adults because |
People are very busy with education and career development traditional courtship rules have pretty much been eliminated and many don’t know if hanging out is a date or simply just hanging out |
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No one dates in college |
Young people are engaging in hooking up in casual and counters rather than dating |
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In regards to elderly and dating |
Many have fears about dating and the burden for caring for someone while having deteriorating health may be a burden themselves |
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Meeting gradient |
The tendency for women to marry men who are better educated or more successful than they are and for men to marry women who are younger attractive and from a lower socioeconomic group |
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Endogamy |
A practice or tradition of choosing a mate from within one’s own group (religion) |
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Exogamy |
The practice of choosing a mate outside of one’s own group |
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Interracial couples today |
Still may face discrimination and disapproval from others |
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Dating violence is a major problem and is based on |
Jealousy |
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Warning signs of dating violence |
Expression of insults criticism and attempt to control decisions and withdrawl from interactions from friends and family |
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Cohabitation |
Living with another person you have a romantic relationship without being married |
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And our society people tend to cohabit first and then get married |
Couples who cohabit before marriage or more likely to get divorced then those who don’t |
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Motivations for cohabiting |
The couple gets to spend more time together, they have more sexual intimacy without commitment, and they can save money by sharing expenses. |
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Things to consider before cohabiting |
Make the decision with care define expectations and create agreements on how to handle finances and property |
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First few years of marriage is |
A period of difficult adjustments |
