HD 204 1nd Edition Lecture 17 Outline of Last Lecture I Bids II Responding to Bids III Gottman s Video IV Rituals Outline of Current Lecture II Across the Family Life Cycle III Goals Functions of Rituals IV Couple Rituals V Intergenerational Rituals VI Managing Rituals VII What is Intimacy VIII Family Intimacy Current Lecture Across the Family Life Cycle o Formative special events before the children like an anniversary o Child rearing formed around bath time eating and bedtime like storytelling o Launching when the kids get older the parents allow sleepovers o Post childrearing when the kids are gone you take a walk together Goals functions of Rituals o Healthy emotional ties o Membership change o Healing o Identity definition redefinition o Rites of passage o Express beliefs o Deal with contradiction Couple Rituals o Couple time o Symbolic Favorites private codes play rituals and celebrations o Daily routines and tasks o Intimacy expression These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Communication o Pattern habits mannerism o Spiritual Intergenerational Rituals o Grandparents and grandchildren o Parents and children o Blended families Managing Rituals o Underutilization o Overutilization o Distinctiveness o Balance in stability What is Intimacy o Presence of being there Physically Emotionally Cognitively o A feeling of closeness and connectedness that develops through communication between partners o Martial intimacy involves A close familiar and usually affectionate and loving relationship A deep and detailed knowledge and understanding from close personal experience Sexual relations Family Intimacy o Interpersonal devotion o Dimensions of Intellectual Emotional Physical o Shared knowledge o Understanding of others o Close o Loving
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