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Exam 2 Notes Chapters 7 13 Chapter 7 Building Relationships in a Changing World Never married and single are not the same thing Young people are most likely to have never married and to be currently single whereas older people may have married in the past but are often single due to widowhood Being Single Single a person who has never married is divorced or is widowed There is a difference between being single by choice or because of circumstance Types of Single o Voluntary Temporary Singles Unmarried adults who may be delaying marriage while pursuing education or establishing a career single unmarried lifestyle for a mate but unable to find a suitable one expect to be single for life even though they may not want to be o Voluntary Stable Singles Unmarried adults desiring a o Involuntary Temporary Singles Singles actively searching o Involuntary Stable Singles Unmarried adults who can Friendships Disabilities Friendships provide valuable support while single and partnered Female friendships more intimate relationship focused Male friendships less intimate activity focused Cross sex friendships more common today than in past generations can be complicated with tensions Homogamy people who are similar on characteristics such as ethnicity social class values Who do we date mates Propinquity geographic closeness Pool of eligible the pool of people from when we are able to choose Cohabitation living with a romantic partner without being married o Cohabitation has skyrocketed and is becoming increasingly normative o it s a sin o its makes financial and logistical sense o we are getting married in a few months o an alternative to marriage ex Homosexual with no alternative ex Don t believe in marriage o A testing ground for marriage o Cohabitation is linked to o Reasons Linked to relationships that do not last very long More likely to have unhappy marriages More likely to divorce Selection effect characteristics of the person are more Experience effect the experience of one or more important than actual cohabitation cohabitations is important Homosexual couples and heterosexual couples are more alike than Homosexual couples receive less family support than heterosexual different couples but received more friend support Homosexual Relationships Lesbian couples usually have the most equal and least sexualized relationships out of all homosexual and heterosexual couple types o Women are socialized to show intimacy through expression o Women are also socialized to be more caring rather than sexual activity Chapter 8 Loving and Loving Relationships What is Love Love a strong affection for one another arising out of kinship or personal ties attraction based on sexual desire and affection based on admiration benevolence or common interests Images of Love in history o Romantic love and marriage were often not attached to each other love with marriage Ancient Greek Roman mythology did not associate Early Christianity did not associate love with marriage 12th century during the Middle Ages there were some precursors to our notion of romantic love in marriage Feminization of Love Contemporary Ideas about love o The process beginning in the 19th century in which love became associated with the private work of women in the home namely nurturing and caring for family members Industrial Revolution men go to work and experience the stresses of labor outside the home woman become the keepers of it Thus caregiving and domesticity begin to become evidence of love o Romantic Love A type of love that is characterized by The home becomes a haven of rest for men and passion melodrama and excitement and which received a lot of media attention o Compassionate Love A type of love that grows over time based on strong commitment friendship and trust o Limerance very intense emotions experience during the early formation of attachment to an individual Symptoms uncontrollable smiling a lot of energy Theoretical Perspectives on Love positive outlook on life o Sociobiology an evolutionary theory that all humans have an instinctive impulse to pass on their genetic material o Biochemical Perspectives of Love Theories that suggest humans are attracted to certain types of people at which point the brain releases natural chemicals that give us a rush we experience as sexual attraction which infants form attachments early in life will affect relationships throughout later life o Attachment Theory a theory postulating that the way in Types of Attachment Children Anxious Ambivalent Attachment The attachment Secure Attachment an attachment type where infants feel safe when their mothers are out of sight type where infants become nervous when their parent leave the room and can show rejection when the parent returns infants show little attachment to their primary parent Avoidant Attachment An attachment type where Types of Attachment Adults Adult romantic relationships correspond to the infant attachments Secure attachments Anxious ambivalent o Controlling may rush into a relationship so that particular person wont leave Avoidant attachments o May get in a relationship that has no depth o Triangular Theory commitment Love has three elements intimacy passion and Intimacy closeness and sharing Passion intense physical and emotional drive Commitment decision to be in a relationship combination of passion intimacy and commitment Sternberg proposed 8 types of love based on the Non love all lines dotted Empty Love both sides dotted bottom solid Liking right side solid others dotted Infatuated love left side solid others dotted Compassionate love left side dotted all others solid Fatuous Love right side dotted all others solid Romantic love left and right side dotted bottom Consummate love all lines solid solid o Lee s Styles of Love o Wheel Theory Eros passionate strong physical attraction Storge companionate mutual love respect trust Pragma practical sensible Ludus playful carefree casual Agape altruistic kind patient Mania Obsessive possessive intense Rapport building relationship based on mutual trust Self revelation sharing intimate information about Mutual dependency desire to spend more time together Personality need fulfillment satisfy Legitimate needs being needs are needs that arise in the present rather than out of deficits accumulated in the past and respect oneself o Needs and Love Emotional support understanding companionship sexual sharing Illegitimate needs deficiency needs arise from feeling of self doubt


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