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32 Cards in this Set
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4 distinct patterns of behavior when pregnancy occurs
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planners, acceptance of fate couples, ambivalent couples, yes no couples
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planners
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joint decision making process
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acceptance of fate couples
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results of "russian roulet" with birth control
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ambivalent couples
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mixed feelings and reluctance
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yes no couples
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one more unresolved issue for them
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pros of parenthood
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can show love and affection, closer famliy ties, ffeelings of imortality, sense of accomplishment, being cared for in old age
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cons of parenthood
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rasing kids is expensive, difficulties finding suitable housing, source of stress, pressure to succeed as a parent
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postboning parenthood: micro
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women have a chance to achieve things easier without children, financial independence, can become preg later in life
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postponing parenthood: macro
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apprehension amoung hyoung persons about the chances their marriage will last, smaller families, necessary to return to their families of orientation due to financial instability
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infertility
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the inability to conceive a babgy after 12 months of unprotected sex
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reasons for female infert
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failure to ovulate, blockage of fallopian tube, std, pid
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male
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chelical pollutants, low sperm, test proble,
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idiopathic infertility
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no answer.
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expectations of permance
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ecnonomic security and responsibility child rearing require marriage to be permance. life long commitment
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covenant marriage
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bride and groom agree to be bound by covenant, which is stronger that an ordinary contract
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sex ratio
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men to women. in 2000 it was 95 men to 100 women. in 1910 it was 106 women.
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blujmstein ans schwarts
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Gender is more important determinant of the nature of couple relationships than is sexual orientation
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fertility trends
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lower us fertility appears to be major change when we compare current birth rates to those of teh 1950's. decline in infant mortality.
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pronatalist bias
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having children is taken fro granted, whereas not having children seems to need a justification
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structural antinatalism
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insufficiently supportive of parents and children. making gap between parents and non parents bigger. those with children will have lower incomes. there is social pressure to have kids, but other features of our society make parenthood less than automatic
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children and marital happiness
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couples are usually happier right before the child is born, and will fix relationship after baby is born
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one child family: advangages
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usually do sports, plays, talk more with their parents, more likely for better education, know childs friends
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one child family: disadvantage
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lack of opportunity to experience sibliing relationships, extra pressure to succeed, if they die parents feel it is their only chance to parent
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level with eachother
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partners need to be as kind and gentle. called leveling, expressing how one feels
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avoid attacks, use i statements when you can
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attacks are assualts on partners character or self exteem. do not help couples bond
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avoid mixed, or double messages
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don't use contradictory statements. involves both sender and receiver
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choose the time and place carefully
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can be worse if at the wrong riem. fight by appointment
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focus anger only on specific issues
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constructive fighting aims at resolving specific problems that are happening now
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ask for a specific change, but be open to compromise
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complaints should be ready to propose at least one solution
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be willing to change yourself
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accompanied by action. have to negotiate with eachother
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dont try to win
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must not compete in fights. can't involve winners of losers.
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remember to end the argument
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know how to stop fightning. bargain about whether fight should continue
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