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| wanting to reach out/help out someone just for the sake of helpingthem |
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| cultivate a culture of appreciativeness, communicate and resolve conflict well, are emotionally close and have compatible personalities and beliefs |
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| seeking the meaningful life |
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| identify your strengths and use them |
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| activities that require full attention that you lose track of time |
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| adjusting the neutral point on your happiness scale |
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| ange of activities you and the other person share with each other |
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| the extent to which you and the other person feel able to make meaningful self-disclosures to each other -- how trusting you are in each other's honesty and acceptance. |
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| indicating the extent to which two people share the truest, more central cores of themselves. Depth is about the two of you transcending your own personal self-interests and achieving a near-spiritual connection with each other. |
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| emotional component of marriage |
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| Most people in the US marry for love, but this is not the same for all cultures around the world. In things like arranged marriages, love is expected to develops the spouses come to know each other |
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| ceremonial component of marriage |
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| Every culture has some sort of ceremony. In the US you need to obtain a governmental marriage license for the jurisdiction in which you will be married, have an authorized person perform the ceremony, and return the necessary documentation to the government |
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| legal component of marriage |
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| once a marriage license exists, then the state has an interest. With a license, the marriage has legal standing that affects matters of property, children, debts, and inheritance. Common-law marriage is a type of living arrangement in which a man and woman living together present themselves as being married and are legally recognized as such. |
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| sexual-faithfulness component of marriage |
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| there are three types of releationships: monogamy, polygyny and polygamy |
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| parenting component of marriage |
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| a marriage provides a stable framework for the bearing, nurturing, socializing, rearing, and protection of children |
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| mother father and children all live under one roof |
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| people who arent related but are treated like they are |
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| children live under 2 roofs |
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| economic trends that threaten the traditional family |
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Mass media/pop. Culture affect the roles (may create role conflict), beliefs, and values of family members. Globalization- rise in dual-income families
Industrial revolution caused a shift from familism to individualism; less focus on children. |
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| when people know they're being studied they act differently |
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| clinical method/case study |
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| in-depth info is gathered from group or individuals; difficult to generalize |
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| structural-functional theoretical perspective |
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| families provide economic and emotional support for members who lend stability to society |
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| conflict theoretical perspective |
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| individuals and groups compete for power and resources |
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| symbolic interation theoretical perspectives |
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| family members shape each other |
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| family systems theoretical perspective |
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| family members are interconnected and seek equilibrium |
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| social exchange theoretical perspective |
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| family members analyze relationships based on cost/benefits |
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| ecological theoretical perspective |
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| families shape and are shaped by their environments |
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| family development theoretical perspective |
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| the life cycle of the family has stages that require role adjustments from members |
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| are acquired through socialization and begin at a very young age |
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| gender role theory that says that our hormones effect the differences in gender. men seek fertility, women seek security |
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| gender role theory that says that children imitate adults of the same gender (role models). there are differences in play |
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| gender role theory that says gender identity attains permanency around age 7 |
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| gender role theory that says children develop a framework of what males and females do and that info added later will have to fit into each schema |
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| how do parents shape gender roles? |
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| give gender-specific toys and chores |
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| how do peers shape gender roles? |
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| they chastise those who don't adhere |
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| how do teachers shape gender roles? |
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| most likely females in early years |
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| you knew your place, decreased role confusion and promotes stability |
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| division of domestic labor and power, results in more empathy and role confusion/diffusion |
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| having characteristics of both genders; more flexible |
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| casual, sex as recreation |
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| altruistic love, unselfish love |
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| practical assessment of a partner |
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| we are motivated to connect with each other, it provides security |
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| love grows as information is shared with each other |
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| differing combinations of intimacy, passion, and commitment make for different types of relationships |
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| exploring long-term potential, socialization |
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| the process by which a commitment to marriage is developed |
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