PSYCH 230 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I. Childhood and Adolescent SexualityII. Studying Childhood SexualityIII. Beginnings: Birth-2IV. Early Childhood: Ages 2-5V. Middle Childhood to Preteen: Ages 6-12Outline of Current Lecture Adult Sexual RelationshipsI. Dating: Fun or Serious Business?II. Types of Dating and How Do We Meet?III. Interracial DatingIV. Sexuality in Dating RelationshipsV. Breaking UpVI. CohabitationVII. Marital SatisfactionCurrent Lecture I. Dating: Fun or Serious Business?a. Dating is a way to discover and compare qualities in search of the best partnerb. Dating has recreational valuec. Dating provides companionship, emotional support, possibly economic supportd. Factors related to those who date: better physical & emotional health, higher self-esteem, sex-role identity e. Can be difficult for homosexuals to find datesII. Types of Dating and How Do We Meet?a. Many different levels of commitmentb. Those with more free time (college students) tend to date morec. Traditional dating has been replaced by more casual dating, with less chaperonedtimed. It is difficult to initiate dating, and this may worsen as people get older and have less ways of meeting peopleThese 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.III. Interracial Datinga. Today’s college students include largest group of mixed-race students in U.S. history; result is big increase in mixed-race datingb. Blacks more open to interracial dating than Caucasiansc. More exposure to white cultured. More Caucasians availablee. Reduced pool of available black menf. College students prefer same race for long-term relationships g. Today’s college students include largest group of mixed-race students in U.S. history; result is big increase in mixed-race datingh. Blacks more open to interracial dating than Caucasiansi. More exposure to white culturej. More Caucasians availablek. Reduced pool of available black menl. College students prefer same race for long-term relationships IV. Sexuality in Dating Relationshipsa. In college, “hooking up” is becoming more commonb. Some couples abstain from sexc. If one person in a couple is a virgin, they are more likely to abstain if it is a femalevirgin than a male virgind. The woman’s past sexual experience more strongly predicts a couple’s sexual behaviorV. Breaking Up a. Person who initiated breakup often feels less distress, but guiltb. Some rejected partners become obsessive about lost relationship. Why?c. What should you do if someone threatens harm to themselves or others?d. Social support important in recovering from a breakupVI. Cohabitationa. Researchers had no labels for cohabitation in U.S. Census until mid-1990sb. Over 70% of U.S. heterosexual couples cohabitate before marriage; a major increasec. Heterosexual couples transition to marriage within 3 yearsd. Some engage in serial cohabitatione. Longer cohabitation associated with higher divorce rates in heterosexual couplesf. Advantages: learn more about each other’s habits, share finances, mature the relationshipg. Disadvantages: unsupportive family, cut off from friendsh. Those who eventually marry are more likely to divorce; even more with long cohabitationsi. Committed couples same chance of divorce as couples who marry without cohabitingVII. Marital Satisfactiona. Marital satisfaction factors- For men: frequency of pleasurable activities done together- For women: frequency of pleasurable activities focused on emotional closeness- In general: self-disclosure, physical & emotional intimacy, personality similarities- Quality of spousal friendship- Ability to resolve conflict adds to marital stabilityb. Marital satisfaction factorsc. For men: frequency of pleasurable activities done togetherd. For women: frequency of pleasurable activities focused on emotional closenesse. In general: self-disclosure, physical & emotional intimacy, personality similarities- Quality of spousal friendship- Ability to resolve conflict adds to marital