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single |
a person who has never married, is divorced, or widowed |
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voluntary temporary singles |
unmarried adults who are delaying marriage while pursuing education or establishing career |
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voluntary stable singles |
unmarried adults who desire a single lifestyle |
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involuntary temporary singles |
singles actively searching for a mate but have not yet found a suitable one |
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involuntary stables singles |
unmarried singles who can expect to be single for life even if they may not want to be |
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female friendships |
more intimate, relationship focused |
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male friendships |
less intimate, activity focused |
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cross sex friendships |
more common today; may be complicated with tensions |
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calling |
a young man visiting in a woman's home |
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dating |
occur in social settings outside of the home; may occur in pairs or groups |
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cohabitating |
committed couples who are living together but are not married |
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homogamy |
people who are similar in social class, ethnicity, and values |
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propinquity |
geographic closeness |
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pool of eligibles |
the pool of people in which we are able to choose mates |
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cohabitation is linked to: |
unhappy marriages, more likely to divorce, shorter relationships |
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selection effect |
characteristics of the person are more important than cohabitation itself |
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experience effect |
the experience of one or more cohabitions is important |
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lesbian couples |
have the most equal and less sexualized than both heterosexual and homosexual relationships |
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love |
- a strong affecting for another rising from kinship and personal ties - attraction based on sexual desires - affection based on common interests, benevolence, and admiration |
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who did not associate love with marriage? |
- ancient greek and roman mythology - early Christianity |
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12th century middle ages love |
precursors to our notion of romantic love in marriage |
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feminization of love |
19th century association with love being the private work of woman in the home, namely, nurturing and caring for family memories |
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industrial revolution |
men go to work and experience the stresses of labor outside the home |
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romantic love |
love that comes with excitement, passion, melodrama; receives media attention |
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companionate love |
love that grows over time, based on strong commitment, friendship, and trust |
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limerance |
very intense emotions experienced in the early formations of attachment to an individual |
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sociobiology |
theory that humans have an inscintictive impulse to pass on their genetic material |
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biochemical perspectives on love |
humans are attracted to certain types of people which makes the brain release chemicals that give us a rush known as sexual attraction |
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attachment theory |
that way infants form early attachments in life will effect their relationships throughout life |
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secure attachment |
infants feel safe when their mothers are out of sight |
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anxious/ambivalent attachment |
infants become nervous when parents leave the room and may show rejection when they come back |
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avoidant attachment |
infants show little attachment to their primary parent |
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sternbergs triangular theory of love |
intimacy, passion, commitment; formed eight types of love based on this |
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intimacy |
closeness and sharing |
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passion |
intense physical and emotional drive |
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commitment |
decision to be in a relationship |
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eros |
passionate, strong physical attraction |
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storge |
companionate, trust, respect, mutual love |
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pragma |
practical, sensible |
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ludus |
playful, carefree, casual |
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agape |
altruistic, kind, patient |
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mania |
obsessive, possessive, intense |
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Reises Wheel Theory |
based on personality need fulfillment, rapport, self revelation, and mutual dependance |
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rapport |
building relationships based on mutual trust and respect |
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self revelation |
sharing intimate information about one's self |
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mutual dependancy |
desire to spend more time together |
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personality need fulfillment |
satisfy a majority of each others emotional needs |
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legitimate needs |
needs that arise in the present rather than deficits accumulated in the past ex: emotional support, understanding, sexual sharing |
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illegitimate needs |
needs arise from feelings of self doubt and worthlessness, inadequacy; may be from hurts in the past |
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martyring |
trying to maintain a relationship by ignoring ones own legitimate needs and trying to fulfill or satisfy all of the partners needs |
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manipulating |
seeking to control the feelings, attitudes, and behaviors of your partner |
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sex |
biological characteristics determined at birth |
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gender |
culturally defined attitudes and behaviors associated with and expected of the genders (what it means to be masculine vs feminine) |
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gender role |
expectations about genders created by society; does not always correspond with one's sex |
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gender identity |
the degree to which a person defines themselves as masculine or feminine based on society's definition of gender roles |
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socialization |
the process in which society influences members to internalize attitudes, beliefs, and values; expectations |
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sexual scripts |
societal norms and rules regarding sex |
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standards of non marital sex |
abstinence, permissiveness with/without affection, traditional/modern double standard |
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between ages 2 and 5 |
children curious about genitals, touch their own, play doctor, observe others, touch mothers breasts |
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when do children peek sexually |
at age 5, then declines and manifests again at around 11 or 12 |
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why are children maturing sexually earlier than before? |
puberty, hormones, hormones in meat, media, better nutrition |
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sensitization |
recognizing that one may be homosexual |
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identity confusion |
feeling conflicted about homosexual idenity |
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identity assumption |
sharing with close friends and family that one is homosexual |
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(homosexual) commitment |
openly living a homosexual lifestyle |
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consequences of sex |
pregnancy and abortion, teen parenthood, STD's ( cant cure hpv or hsv) |
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habituation |
decreased interest in sex because more access to sex partner and predictability of sexual activity over time |
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communication |
exchanging and interpreting ideas and feelings |
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transactional |
communication is exchanging information |
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communicator |
the person who creates and sends the message; what we wear, facial expressions, tone of voice |
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message |
unit of information transmitted between the sender and receiver; prepared and encoded by the communicator |
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medium |
the way the message is presented to the recipient; text message, talking, note, email |
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recipient |
the receiver of the message; interprets the message based on personality, life experiences, relational content |
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Jon Gottman |
found that fighting or arising complaints is one of the healthiest things a couple can do for their relationship; better to deal with conflict then ignore/hide |
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solvable |
conflict or problem that has a solution; ex: cutting the grass |
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perpetual |
conflict or problem that can never be solved; ex: having children |
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passive agression |
when someone expresses anger at someone indirectly; critisim, nagging, sabotage |
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sabotage |
when a partner tries to ruin/ spoil or undermine an activity the other has planned |
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displacement |
a person directs anger at the people or things that the other cherishes |
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contempt |
intent to insult or abuse partner emotionally; rolling your eyes, mocking |
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criticism |
attacking personality rather than the specific behavior |
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defensiveness |
protecting yourself from perceived attack will escalate an argument |
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stonewalling |
refusing to listen to partners complaints or stories (physically and emotionally) |
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belligerence |
provocative behavior that challenges partners power and authority; "what are you gonna do about it?" |
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report talk |
aimed mainly at conveying information; common for men |
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rapport talk |
speaking to gain or reinforce intimacy; women |
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DOMA 1996 |
declaring marriage to be a legal union of one man and one woman, allowed states to refuse reciprocacy in same sex marriages, but DOMA was overturned in 2013 |
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marriage |
a close intimate union, relationship between husband and wife |
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parallel relationship pattern |
assume traditional roles, little intimacy, live parallel lives |
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interactional pattern |
partners expect companionship and intimacy, strong communication |
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homogamy |
spouses share social characteristics such as social class, race, ethnicity, age, religion, education |
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heterogamy |
spouses do not share social characteristics, race, religion, etc. |
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endogamy |
married within one's specific cultural group |
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exogamy |
married outside of one's specific cultural group |
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peer marriages |
spouses consider themselves to have an equal standing in power in the relationship |
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near peer marriage |
equality is important but the man does less than 40% of domestic tasks |
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traditional marriages |
man holds more authority in the relationship, and both spouses were satisfied with this arrangement |
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conflict habituated |
constant battle over almost everything |
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devitalized |
married over several years |
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passive congenial |
partners never expected emotional closeness |
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vital |
being together and sharing major joys in life |
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total |
almost everything is done happily together |
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marriage premise |
couples acceptance to work hard to ensure that the relationship continues; expectations of permanence and primariness |
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reasons for infidelity |
novelty, workplace friendships, revenge, homosexual relationship, absence from partner, marital/sexual dissatisfaction |
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pronatalist bias |
having children is taken for granted, whereas not having children should be justified |
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structural anti- natalism |
our values, laws, and employment policies are inimical to children and disastrous to committed parents |
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total fertility rate |
average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime |
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general fertility rate |
number of children born per 1000 women ages 15-44 |
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crude fertility rate |
number of children born per 1000 population |
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opportunity |
the economic opportunities for wage earnings and investments that parents forgo when rearing children |