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developmental psych final
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
05/02/2011

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Mechanism of Mary Main's AAI Task
Definition
"suprise the unconscious"--trigger implicit memories
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Mary Main's AAI Task
Definition
to produce and reflect upon attachment memories while sumultaneously maintaining a coherent discourse with the interview
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Secure/Autonomous Adult
Definition
-coherent & collaborative narrative
-narrator doesn't get lost
-collaborative="i didn't know at the time, but"
-includes "earned secure"
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Dismissive Adult
Definition
-minimize any attachment related experience
-internally inconsistent narratives
-lack supportive evidence for positive descriptions "mom was great...just cause"
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Preoccupied Adult
Definition
-unable to maintain focus
-memories take over interview
-reporter oscillates between positive and negative in same sentence
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Unresolved/Disorganized Adult
Definition
-substantial lapses when discussing trauma
-present day dissociation-lose track of what interview is about
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Attachment into Marriage (percentages)
Definition
-78% stay the same
-96% of secure stay secure
-most that changed become MORE secure
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Attachment into Parenthood
Definition
-83% stayed the same
-no overall patterns towards greater security/insecurity
-greater security if great spousal support
-great spousal support helps postpartum depression
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"Earned Secure"
Definition
enough to stop intergenerational transition of insecure attachment styles
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collectivistic vs. individualistic
Definition
-collectivistic: value INTERdependence (good of group)
more commonly easterners, latinos & asians, women, lower income

-individualistic: value INdependence (chose significant other for personal reasons, very western, you'll be more satisfied if you choose for yourself)
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Twelve Features of Love
Definition
-qualities we consider determine if we are "in love", and also if these 12 are jeapordized, it makes or breaks relationship
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"Love Maps"-John Money
Definition
get our ideal about romantic love from early relationships with caregivers (sounds like bowlby), we gain expectations
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Gottman's Ratio
Definition
5:1 positive to negative statement predict high marital satisfaction
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Characteristics of Masters of Marriage
Definition
-report same complaints about each other 30 years into marriage as in beginning
-stopped asking partner to be someone they're not
-learn to handle complaint without contempt for partner
-this is proven subjectively & with inter-rater reliability
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Regulated: Validating Couple
Definition
-few if any negative comments
-empathetic & supportive
-address conflict in empathetic, direct manner
-happy but NOT necessarily passionate
-fight to solve things & be close
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Regulated: Volatile Couple
Definition
-charged with intense emotion, passion
-makeup sex
-heated battles spill over to family life
-don't give into each other's opinions
-still have great feeling of being connected & intimate
-conflict does NOT reflect unhappiness
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Regulated: Conflict Minimizing Couple
Definition
-ignore/avoid conflict
-live with unresolved conflict but does NOT interrupt relationship
-day to day things AND big things
-still use positive, rather than negative language
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Non-regulated Couple
Definition
-lower positive: negative ratio (frame relationship in terms of whats wrong)
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Gottman)
Definition
-presence of any ONE of these predict divorce
1) criticism
2) defensiveness
3) contempt
4) stonewalling
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Criticism
Definition
-with harsh start up
-blaming style
-comments meant to hurt, usually do
-more common for WOMEN than MEN
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Defensiveness
Definition
-failure to accept influence
-males more defensive
-often related to "harsh start up"
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Contempt
Definition
-disrespect (verbal or nonverbal)
-name-calling, eyerolling
-loathing (not just idea, VISCERAL)
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Stonewalling
Definition
-turning up volume louder
-refuse to talk, engage
-related to: increased HR, shortness of breath, need to physically withdraw to calm down, a refusal to re-engage
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Launching
Definition
-entering adulthood & exiting family of origin
-separate, but maintain connection
-european/NA definition of mental health
-"geographic cure" considered rare, unhealthy, non-optimal
-expectations of self, rather than imposed by family
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Facts of New Couples
Definition
-the union of 2 WHOLE family systems
-men bring less expectations to union
-women report more enthusiasm
-differences (SES,ethnicity,religion) bring challenges
Term
Marital Trends
Definition
-changing male-female equality has created more fragile, intense marital relationships
-more adults remain single longer
-average US marriage is just over 9 years
-still marrying society, divorce rates slowing
-religion influences marriage in some cultures
Term
Being Single
Definition
-dramatic increase in percentage
-the "never married" tripled between 1970-2005
-many myths/sterotypes
-advantages: time to make life decisions, compile resources, self-improvement
-difficulties: forming intimate relationships with other adults, loneliness, finding "niche" in marriage oriented society
-8% of adult american's never married
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Cohabitating Adults Statistics
Definition
-increased from 11% in 1970 to 60% in 2005
-huge in europe, 60% in switz, 100% in sweden
-SHORT lived in US (1/3 last under a year)
-less than 1 in 10 lasts 5 years
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Marriage Benefits
Definition
-women report less problems with BP, high cholesterol, BMI, anxiety, anger
-protects against risks associated with lack of social support/isolation (depression, anxiety)
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Correlation between Marriage Length & Divorce Rate
Definition
-the longer you're married, the lower the divorce rate
-typically wait ~6 years to divorce
-big peak of divorce between 6-10 years
-serious decline after 10 years
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Causes of Divorce
Definition
-main reason to stay together: kids (even if not fighting all those years!)
-for women: verbal, physical, emotional abuse, alcohol/drug use, cheating (when partner is cheating)
-men: "fell out of love," cheating, different values/lifestyle
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Life After Divorce
Definition
-pose risks for psychological & physical difficulties
-spike in increase in psychiatric disorders & hospital admissions
-clinical depression/alcoholism
-psychosomatic disorders
-problems with custody
Term
Enhancers
Definition
put divorce into perspective that makes you think, "that divorce was good for me, im better now"
Term
Good Enoughs
Definition
seek the "new normal", aren't looking for new trajectory, are looking for comfort and familiarity in new normal
Term
Seekers
Definition
look for something deeper, more meaningful (eat, pray, love)
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Libertines
Definition
people who think "now i don't have rules, more fun"
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Competent Loners
Definition
people who decide against partnering again because they feel more competent when not in relationship
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Defeated
Definition
remain depressed and anxious
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