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| unmarried adults who may be delaying marriage while pursuing education or establishing a career. |
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| unmarried adults desiring a single (unmarried) lifestyle |
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| involuntary temporary singles |
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| singles actively searching for a mate but unable to find a suitable one |
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| involuntary stable singles |
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| unmarried adults who can expect to be single for life even though they may not want to be |
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| "never married" vs. divorced |
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| young people are most likely to have never married and to be currently single, older people may have married in the past, but are often single due to widowhood |
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postponing marriage
-high divorce rate discouraging
-postponing having children
-individualistic orientation |
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-women much more likely then men
-partner availability may be difficult
-may choose not to remarry
-may choose to cohabitate for benefit purpose
-ever increasing proportion of singles |
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| anyone who is not married |
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| we are in relationships with people like ourselves |
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| geographic closeness to others |
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| feeling of closeness in meaningful relationships characterized by sharing of personal experiences, thought and emotions |
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| attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969) |
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four categories of attachment:
-secure
-ambivalent
-avoidant
-disorganized/disoriented |
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| adult romantic attachments |
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-adult romantic relationships correspond to the infant attachments:
-secure attachments
-anxious attachments
-avoidant attachments |
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three components:
-emotional
-cognitive
-behavioral
love is influenced by societal forces |
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influences coming from or relating to society:
-shared values
-beliefs
-prejudices
-religious views |
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| John Lee's Types of Love: agape |
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| John Lee's Types of Love:eros |
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| "erotic" or desirous, love & chemistry |
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| John Lee's Types of Love:storge |
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| affectionate love, friendship |
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| John Lee's Types of Love:ludus |
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| playful, love, flirtatious |
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| John Lee's Types of Love:mania |
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| dysfunctional love, "stalker" love |
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| John Lee's Types of Love:pragma |
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| practical love, economic/emotional security |
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| gender differences in relationships |
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-women tend to disclose more than males
-girls tend to develop more intimate friendships
-boys tend to focus on physical activities |
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| sternberg's triangular theory of love |
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three points of triangle:
-passion
-intimacy
-commitment |
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| building rapport->self-revelation-> mutual dependency->personality need fulfillment |
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when love is not returned
-more attractive rejects less attractive
-less serious rejects more serious |
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| selection effect for cohabitation |
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| an explanation for the fact that people who cohabit tend to be the same ones who later divorce |
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| selection effect for marriage |
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| the hypothesis that people who marry may be different from those who do not marry, for example, they may be happier, healthier, and have more money |
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| an arrangement in which two people live together without being married |
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| friendship between a man and woman that is strictly platonic |
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| set of expectations around dating that are somewhat different for men and women |
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| the group from which are likely to choose our mates |
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| biochemical theory of love |
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| 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 |
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| dating practice of the 18th and 19th centuries in which a young man would visit a young woman in her parents home |
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-provides fun and recreation
-offers companionship
-allows intimacy
-confers social status
-assists in mate selection |
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