How does avoidant style present in a romantic relationship? Attachment representations in adults are assessed by examining the coherency of speech and thought processes about early relationship issues in the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) (Adam, Gunnar & Tanaka 2004). Which did Hazan and Shaver (1987) did as cited in Levy & Blatt (1999). Hazan and Shaver (1987) used AAI and developed some questionnaires to assess attachment styles in adult relationships.…
On the night of 21 September 2016, in the state of New Mexico, Rafael Orozco and his wife, Iesha Hartt, welcomed a baby girl into the world. However, no one expected what was going to happen only hours after the birth. Orozco become angry at his wife as she breastfed her new born baby, while in the presence of a male doctor, who was there to simply check up on her and the baby. This clearly angered Orozco as he punched his wife in the mouth and grabbed her throat while calling her names. Hartt claimed that this behaviour is not new and that her husband is a very jealous man.…
Introduction The focus of this historical analysis will be on the book written in by Marie Carmichael Stopes titled “Married Love or Love in Marriage”. Married love is a short book of about 170 pages, “dedicated to young husbands, and all those who are betrothed in love”, as stated by the author in the front page. The analysis will proceed by introducing the author and highlighting some aspects of her life and activity, then moving to the description of some general features of Married Love. Subsequently, the focus will be on the context and on her connections with international and national movement, to have a better understanding of the contribution of the book to the existing trend.…
There should be a clear understanding of the level of commitment expected to insure a successful outcome for all parties involved. Second, the leaders of the couples mentoring program should develop assessment tool for couples. This will assist leadership with identifying the couples that will be mentors and those that are in need of mentoring. The basic set-up discusses older couples mentoring younger couples. However, during the assessment stage it will be important to understand that longevity of years in marriage does not necessarily translate to health and stability within a marriage.…
In the first offender typology, I define Sam’s style of violence as tyrannical oppose to explosive. I contend that the main difference between tyrannical and explosive offender, is that one is this perpetrator who often initializes violence and is subjugating the victim in a somewhat rational manner, while the other, is more emotional and is mainly reacting to the victim in a violent way. The textbook characteristics of Tyrannical Offender include: conscious of their doing and has intentions to control the partner, perceives violence as a rational response to certain things, depreciates their own use of violence, and describes their partner as submissive. While, the textbook features of Exploder Offender are: the use of violence to quiet their…
Summary of Findings Suggest accomplice viciousness intimate partner violence (IPV) is perceived as a genuine restorative and general wellbeing concern (Garcia-Moreno, Jansen, Ellsberg, Heise, and Watts, 2006). The WHO characterizes intimate partner violence as conduct inside a close relationship that causes physical, mental, or sexual damage, for example, demonstrations of physical animosity, sexual compulsion, mental manhandle, and controlling practices. Intimate partner violence can happen between hetero or same-sex couples and does not require sexual closeness (Heise and Garcia-Moreno, 2002). For ladies in the United States, lifetime rates of mental, physical, and sexual IPV (both assault and different types of sexual viciousness) are…
there are large individual differences in aggression. How would an evolutionary psychology theory explain the sex differences and at the same time, the within sex-group variations in aggression? Post your response and comment on another student's post. Under the lens of evolutionary psychology we can see several factors that help explain the tendency of males to be more aggressive than females. One of the top mechanisms of evolution is survival.…
One redeeming relationship seems to be Dale and Andrea, because Dale seems to be recognizing how wrong it is to try to control Andrea. I keep waiting for Andrea to make up for all of this, but she is still very one-dimensional. A sort-of tomboy who wants to be a badass is cool on its own, but I feel like her story is already written for her: she will eventually become badass, Lori will resent her because Lori is a nonstop bitch, and Andrea will prove herself by saving the day or…
Aggression is usually defined as behaviour intended to harm another individual. There are different types of aggression including, instrumental aggression which is often pre meditated, hostile aggression which is often impulsive and intent to hurt and relational aggression which includes social exclusion, harmful rumours and will often inflict psychological damage rather than physical. Children, particularly girls, often exhibit this kind of aggression. (Lagerspetz et al, 1988). Aggression is an innate response in humans refers to the biological approach and there have been many studies that have provided compelling evidence for biological influences in aggression.…
Jason Stewart traditional couple’s type example is his grandparents. His grandfather worked, while his grandmother took care of everything in the house from cooking dinner to doing laundry. They made time for special occasions such as their anniversary, along with going to church together on Sundays. Jason’s example of an independent couple’s type is his friends Tony and Jessica.…
Strong Relationships are a lot to ask for now a days, cause there's not really a lot of people you can trust, everyone lies they say there your friend but next thing you know they talking bad about you. Like family will even do the same thing to you. There's still people in the world you can trust it just takes time for you to trust someone, Like for instance I lost one of my close best friends last year from drama, I started to be friends with another girl and we got close so we became best friends and just this year we stopped being best friends cause of drama, and jealousy and my best friend from last year ended up being my closest friend still.…
Many acts of male aggression can be understood as a response to male anxiety. Men experience an anxious strain as a result of continuous pressures to prove their manhood. Compared to women, men more often perceive resorting to violence as a means for a positive experience. There needs to be further studies that shed light on why men view aggression as a positive means of imposing control or achieving a goal. Tristan Bridges (2014) explores the gender and sexual dynamics of three groups of men who have varying commitments to feminist ideals to investigate heterosexual men’s relationships with gender, sexuality, and inequality.…
Bullying is vastly different from conflict. According to the text, bullying is, “acts of verbal or physical aggression that are chronic and directed toward particular victims” (g. 502). The text follows up by stating, “bullying accounts for a substantial part of the aggression that occurs in peer groups” (p. 502). A major component that distinguishes bullying from conflict is the bullies direct their behavior toward particular peers. Conflict is simply a disagreement or argument.…
1. Abuse and Relationships When my mother was sixteen years old, she started to gain curiosity of dating. I thought I was lucky she told me this herself because I felt we related to that topic since that was the age I got curious. She met my brother’s father at church in Nayarit, Mexico and immediately fell in love with his “bad boy” personality, she said it was love at first sight but he wasn’t so holy. She explained how he was ten years older than him, and said they were in a very unhealthy relationship.…
Benish-Weisman, M. (2015). The interplay between values and aggression in adolescence: a longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, doi:10.1037/dev0000015 This was a longitudinal study done on five Israel schools to test the previous theories that certain values can be correlated with aggression. Benish wanted to examine the relationship between values and aggression on a large sample of Israeli adolescents for a period of a year.…