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What is the divorce rate?
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Accounts for the number of women out of 1,000 who are currently 15 or older and get divorced in a given year
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How many women out of 1,000 get divorced?
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20
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Is divorce declining or increasing?
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Declining
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What percentage of people will end up divorcing?
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45 - 50 percent
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On average how long are couples married before they divorce?
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7 years
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Who is the leader in divorces among western countries for the 20th century?
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U.S., of course
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Which country is closest to the U.S. rate?
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Russia, then the UK, then the netherlands, then Japan
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What is the states divorce rate?
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4.5
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Why has the divorce rate risen?
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Less satisfaction
Mar conflict Economic status of women changed Marriage cannot live up to the high billing given to it |
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What does low developtmenrt (women rarely working) equal?
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More divorce
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What does high developtment (women not economically dependent on men) equal?
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More divorce
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What is the independent hypothesis?
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Paid employment increases an individuals choice to divorce
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What is stabilization hypothesis?
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People with money invest in marriage-related assets
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What are some reasons for divorce or seperation?
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Sociotial facotrs
Demographic Factors Life Course Factors Personality Interaction Variables Evaluation of the relationship |
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Type A personality traits?
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Competitive, driven, easily irritated, wants to get ahead, aggressive
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What is seperation fueled by?
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Discovery of problem
Exposure Negotiation Transformation Grave-dressing |
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What is exposure?
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Exposure – one person reveals discontent. (indirectly ending the relationship)
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What is negotation?
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Negotiation – to end or keep the relationship (leads to a decision, called a resolution)
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What is transformation?
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Transformation – may be moving out, involves mourning and new public status
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What is grave-dressing
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Cleaning up views of relationship and moving on
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How long from when the problems start to a divorce?
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30 weeks
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What is the aftermat of divorce?
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Generally lower well-being
Time with friends increases dramatically Lose about 50% of friends Finances drop Income may be lower in the future |
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What are the parenting types?
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Fiery Foes
Angry Associates Cooperative colleagues Perfect Pals |
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What are firey foes?
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Hate each other, no good for parenting (25%)
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What are angry associates?
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Hate each other but do try to parent well for the child (25%)
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What are cooperative collegues?
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Not good friends, but don’t hate each other (38%)
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What are perfect pals?
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Good friends with high respect for other (12%)
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How does divorce affect a child?
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Well-being of child goes down due to parental loss
Economic hardship may arise, and parental stress may increase. Conflict between parents has detrimental effects upon the child. |
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What is lonliness?
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Discrepancy between social relations we want vs. social relations we have
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What is social isolation?
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Lacking a social network of friends
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What is emotional isolation?
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Lacking a single intense relationship
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What is discrepency framework?
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This is the basis for the “what I have” versus “what I want” style of thinking
Not everyone sees events that happen to them the same way Act as moderators This is not a fully developed theory |
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What are the most lonely countries?
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Japan is the lonlinest, US is number 4
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What are ways we can express lonliness?
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Desperation
Boredom Self-depreciation Depressed |
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What are some results of being lonely?
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Higher rates of cardiovascular disease in men
Neglecting of self-care Lack relationships that could improve health |
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Who is lonely?
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Those with low SES
The Unmarried |
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Who is more lonely, men or women?
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Men
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What are aspects of intimacy?
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Knowledge
Caring Interdependence Mutuality Trust Commitment |
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What is knowledge?
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Know more then a casual relationship
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What is caring?
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Care more then a casual relationship
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What is interdependence?
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Each other's behavior affects each other
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What is mutuality?
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Recognizes that "we" instead of "me"
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What is trust?
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Treat each other fairly and honorable
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What is commitment?
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Expecting the relationship to last and investing in each other
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What are the five personality traits?
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Extraversion
Agreeableness Conscientiousness Neuroticism Openness to experience |
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What are the rewards in relationships?
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Direct Rewards
Indirect Rewards |
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What are direct rewards?
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Revieve from interatction with others
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What are indirect rewards?
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Associate with another's presence
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Friends in relation to distance to relationship?
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Those we are near are often the ones we form relationships with
Research finds that those we are close to in proximity we like the most Oddly, the people we don't like live in close proximity to us also |
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What are the love styles?
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Eros (erotic)
Ludus Storge Mania Agape Pragma |
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What is eros?
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Love at first sight, physical
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What is ludus?
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Uncommitted and fickle, many at once
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What is storge?
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Seek genuine friendship that leads to commitment
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What is mania?
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Obsessive stalker type
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What is agape?
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Giving, altruistic, and treats love as a duty
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What ia pragma?
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Practical and pragmatic, logic governs
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What do men prefer to date?
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Experienced women
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What do men prefer to marry?
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Virgins
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What do women prefer to date?
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unexperienced men
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What do women prefer to marry?
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unexperienced men
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How many American's believed that homosexuality was wrong in 1996?
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62%
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How many American's believed that homosexuality was wrong in 1973?
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More then 81%
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What is assumed about gay and lesbian couples and their relationship?
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They are dysfuncational and unhappy
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How are attitudes about gay and lesbian couples now?
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Increasingly positive
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Problems with age?
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Less sex
Less imagination Can't see friends |
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What are traits of hott women?
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Baby face (large eyes, small chin and nose, full lips)
Prominent cheekbones, narrow cheeks, and a broad smile |
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What are traits of hott men?
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Strong Jaw
Broad forehead Look physically strong and dominant |
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How often are women raped?
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13%
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How often are men raped?
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3%
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Why is it difficult to elimiate sexual aggression?
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Men are socialized to see sex as a conquest
Women are supposed to play hard to get Embaressment about talking can lead to miscommunication about what is wanted |
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How do we commincate desire?
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Verbal and nonverbal signals
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What is used more often, verbal or nonverbal signals?
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Nonverbal
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What is the social penetration theory?
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It's the onion
Outer layers into inner layers |
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Can we tell if someone is lying?
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Yes
Microexpressions Twitch Wiggle Blinking Looking up and left Etc |
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What is breadth?
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Variety of topics
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What is depth?
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Personal significance of topics
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What are some types of miscommunication?
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Kitchen Sink
Off-Beam Mind-Reading Interruption Yes-Butting Cross-Complaint Criticism Stonewalling Belligerence |
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What is reactive jealously?
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When you know something happened
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What is suspicious jealously?
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When you think something happened
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Who has sex earlier on?
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Gay couples
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What has the least sex of all?
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Lesbians
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What is encoding, and what does it mean?
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When you put a message together to send to someone
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What is decoding?
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Getting a message and figuring out what it means
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What is paternity uncertinty?
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You aren't sure who the father of your child is
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