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Family experience divided into phases over life span.
Changes in family structure and function over time
Differs by structure (intact, divorced) |
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| First Family Life Cycle Stage |
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Between Families (leaving home)
develop intimate relationships
develop financial responsibility
differentation and individuation from family of origin
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| Family Life Cycle Stage 2 |
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Joining of Families Through Marriage
develop marital system
realignment of extended family relationships |
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Family Life Cycle Stage Number 3
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The family with young children
adjusting marital system to accept new members into system
sharing financial, childrearing, and household tasks
taking on parental roles
realignment of extended family relationships |
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| Family Life Cycle Stage #4 |
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Families with adolescents
Increasing flexibility of boundaries
refocus on midlife marital and career issues
shift toward caring for older generation
marital satisfaction lowest
time for revitalization? |
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| Family Life Cycle Stage #5 |
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Launching Children and Moving On
accepting exits and entries into family system
renegotiation of marital system as dyad
development of adult to adult relationships between parents and children
realignment of relationships to in-laws and grandchildren
dealing with parent's disabilities and death |
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| Family Life Cycle Stage #6 |
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Families in Later Life
maintaining couple functioning as couples age
supporting the older generation w/out over functioning for them
dealing with loss of spouse, siblings, or peers
staying healthy and active
maintaining adequate income
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| What are some adjustments for newlyweds? |
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Feelings change (more realistic)
Increase in work, decrease in leisure
marriage harder than expected
establishing equity
in-laws
communication and conflict resolution
finances
sexual adjustment
social life, friends, and recreation
roles, values, ideology, scripts
relationships with single friends worsened after marriage |
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| How does marital satisfaction change over the family cycle? |
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| develop, change, and grow over life cycle(marriage is not static) |
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| What are the different patterns for change in marital satisfaction? |
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Stable/Positive
Stable/Neutral
Stable/Negative
Continuous Decline
Continuous Increase
Curvilinear (most common) |
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| What is the transition to Parenthood? |
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| Period of time, generally spans from the beginning of pregnancy through the first few months after child is born |
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| How does the transition to parenthood change marriage? |
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Roles and division of labor changes
Financial changes can lead to stress
Changes in social life
Expectations
Changes in sexual intimacy
Changes in work and career |
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| What are the statistics the describe grandparenthood today? |
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75% of those over 65 have grandchildren
3/4 have contact with grandchildren weekly
Most Grandparents find great satisfaction in their role
1/3 had difficulty mainly because of resentment over babysitting |
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| What predicts positive adjustment during transition to parenthood? |
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Have a well functioning marriage
Strong motivation to become parents
Stress management skills
Maintain communication |
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| What are the different types of grandparents? |
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Formal
Fun Seeker
Surrogate Parent |
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| What is marriage like in old age? |
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Marital satisfaction usually increased
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| What are the benefits from long term marriage? |
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Spouse is best antidote to old age
Most elders are married
Married older adults are healthier, wealthier, and happier than other groups
generally happy |
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| How do older married couples compare to those who were never married or are divorced? |
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never married or divorced=
lonelier
more difficult
more physical and psychological problems
recent losses worse |
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What impact does widowhood have on the surviving spouse?
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one of the most traumatic events
men more likely to remarry |
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| Who is most likely to be widowed? |
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Women
11 out of twelve who lose a spouse are women
3/4 of women become widows |
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| How long is a woman likely to live as a widow? |
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| Who cares for the elderly and frail elderly? |
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Elderly-
Majority self care
Frail Elderly-
most cared for by relatives only 5% in nursing homes |
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What are the burdens and benefits of Family Care?
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Can be fulfilling in meeting needs of loved one
1/3 of caregivers experienced depression
Can create resentment and conflict with siblings who are less involved
Caregivers need social support and respite time |
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| Boomerang Kids/Cluttered Nest |
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| Children who leave home but return due to difficulty making it out in the world |
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| parents caught in the middle of caring for adolescent children and aging parents |
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| negative emotional reaction to a real or imagined threat to a love relationship |
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| What are the racial differences among the "never married" |
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39% African Americans
29.7% of Hispanics
21% of Whites |
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| What are the four different patterns of cohabitation? |
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1. Linus Blanket
2. Convenience
3. Emancipation
4. Testing |
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| What are the gender differences in regards to sexual aggression and violence? |
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Women experience more victimization
Men experience more psychological aggression |
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Verbal Sexual Coercion?
Date Rape? |
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Using verbal coercion to obtain sex
date rape= forcing of involuntary sex |
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What is the typical progression of violence?
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| verbal aggression to physical aggression |
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| How has dating changed over time? |
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Shift to group dating
lack of set pattern of progression
less formal |
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| What is self disclosure? Why is it important and how is it best developed? |
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revealing of personal information
key to developing intimacy
best in dyads |
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| What are the four steps in relationship creation and maintainance? |
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1. Making oppurtunities for friendship
2. enticing others to be partner
3. developing intimacy
4. maintaining, repairing, dissolving |
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| How do first impressions and nonverbal cues relate to starting a relationship? |
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dates are defined as promising or not in the first thirty seconds
50% to 80% of meaning is communicated without words |
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| How are men and women different regarding nonverbal cues? |
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women interpret more accurately
men more likely to misinterpret |
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| What are the five phases in the breakup of a relationship? |
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1. breakdown-dissatisfaction (can't stand this)
2. Intrapsychic -focus on partner's behavior/inadequacy (consider cost of withdrawal)
3. Dyadic-repair attempt (assess cost of withdrawal)
4. Social- face saving stories/elicit support (intervention inevitable)
5. Grave dressing-getting over it/retrospection (public sharing of your story) |
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| Scott M. Peck's definition of love? |
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| The will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. The work of love is giving attention. |
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| Erich Fromm's definition of love? |
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| The active concern for life and growth of that which we love. An activity. Not falling but giving. |
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Love is not manipulative. Love is a power. every force calls forth a counter force.
constant concern for self is bondage
self forgetfulness is freedom. |
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| What function does romantic love play in relationships? |
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| Brings individuals into serious associations and starts the relationship. Romantic love alone is not enough to maintain a relationship over time |
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| What are three different types of attachment and how do they relate to relationships? |
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1.secure
2. insecure -anxious and ambivilant (individual insecure and needy)
3. insecure-anxious and avoidant (individual avoids) |
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| What three characteristics make up Sternburg's love triangle? |
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| Passion, commitment, intimacy |
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| Sternburg's eight types of love |
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non-love
liking (intimacy)
infatuation (passion)
empty (commitment)
romantic (intimacy, passion)
companiate (intimacy, commitment)
fatuous(passion, commitment)
consummate (intimacy, passion, commitment) |
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| God like love, unconditional |
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| erotic, romantic, passionate |
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| marriage outside one's group |
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| marriage within one's group |
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| marry someone who is similar to you |
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| people marry those who are like themselves more than they marry someone by chance |
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| marrying someone dissimilar to oneself |
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| marry someone who resides near you |
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| missatribution of arousal |
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| attributing the wrong emotion to physical arousal |
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| marriage with a person of lower social position |
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| female marries into a higher stratum |
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| female marries into a lower stratum |
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| Which is more prevalant hypergamy or hypogamy? |
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| women seek men of similar or higher social class |
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| it is a self fulfilling prophecy |
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| Reiss's Wheel of Love Theory of Mate Selection |
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Like a spoke on a wheel, each stage leads to the next.
Rapport
self revelation
mutual dependancy
intimacy need fulfillment |
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| Complementary needs theory |
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| the idea that someone can fulfill our weaknesses and vice versa. |
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| people marry others who adhere to similar cultural norms and these people reside in segregated clusters |
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| Filter theory of mate selection |
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| compares mate selection to a filter that is wide at the top and narrows at the bottom.number of choices is limited by the filter |
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| exchange theory of mate selection |
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logical and pragmatic approach
people enter into relationships that are rewarding to them
they end relationships that are not rewarding to them
success depends on quality of exchange |
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| What gender differences are there in mate selection? |
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Men fall in love more quickly
Women fall out more quickly
men define intimacy through doing things together
women define intimacy through talking
women seek men who can express love and be a good provider
men value physical attractiveness
both men and women tend to disclose more to females |
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| Why do some people regret their choice of mate? |
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Didn't really know mate
unrealistic romantic expectations
look for wrong qualities
confuse sex with love
poor self image/lack of self esteem
pressures of marriage/biological clock |
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| Larsen's personal contexts brought into marriage |
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Family of origin
parent child relationships
parent's marriage
age
education
socioeconomic status |
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| Larson's relationship contexts |
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approval of marriage
pressures to marry
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| Larson's individual traits that predict marital dissatisfaction |
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difficulty coping with stress
dysfunctional beliefs
believing that marriage will bring personal change
excessive personality issues |
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| What are the dysfunctional beliefs that people bring into a marriage? |
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people can't change
dissagreement is bad
sexes are completely different
sexual perfection is possible
mind reading is expected |
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| (Larson) What are the couple traits that predict marital success or dissatisfaction? |
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good communication skills=success
bad communication skills=conflict
waiting for sex= more respect for partner and marriage
premarital sex= predictor of later divorce
cohabitation= increase chance for divorce
good conflict resolution=success
bad conflict resolution=more risk
acquantanceship-one year suggested |
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