Adulthood Flashcards

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Tasks of Adulthood

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 Continued exploration of sexual identity

 Identify sexual likes and dislikes

 Develop effective communication

 Being responsible about sex

 Intimacy

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The Never-Married Adults

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  • adults who have never been married
  • is increasing
  • Many never- married adults are
    in romantic relationships
  • most adults will get married though
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Long-Distance Relationships

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 No differences in relationship
or sexual satisfaction

 No differences in rates of infidelity

  • portayed in media negatively
  • is better when people have faith in the relationhip
  • they also tend to idealisize their partners
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Singlehood

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  • Singleism: stigmatizing and
    stereotyping of people who are not in a romantic relationship
  • Committed relationship ideology
  • Singles are perceived as possessing
    more negative characteristics than
    their partnered peers
    -singles = less atrctive,less sociable(not true)
  • Why?
    -society ideology
    -wedding ring effect = when someone is taken the seem more attractive (specifically men in a relationship)
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Are singles really that bad?

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  • No!
  • No differences in personality,
    attractiveness, self-esteem,
    and social ability
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Settling for less…fear
of being single

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  • Many people fear being single (single and partnered alike)
  • Fear of being single is a predictor of settling for less in existing relationships
  • This fear also predicts romantic interest in lower quality partners
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Cohabitation

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  • Stage before marriage (for many)
  • Common-law: people who lived together for 12months they have the same rights as married couples (except property division)
  • Does not cause divorce rather tend to be more educated and less religious (which are people who already get more divorce
  • More frequent sex then married couples
  • most common in quebec
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Marriage

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  • Why bother?
    -signify commitment
    -moral values and belifs
    -belive children should get merried parents

lgbtq communities
-signify commitment
-legal protection
-political fight for equality

  • Sex 2-3x/week (more then singles)
  • Masturbation is normal
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9
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More sexual satisfaction if:

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    1. sexual rewards > sexual costs
    1. sexual rewards > sexual costs expected
    1. Equal reward cost ratios
    1. Satisfaction with nonsexual relationship

sexual rewards: sexual plesure, intimacy

sexual costs: pain,time

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Discrepant Sexual Desire

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  • Individuals can differ in levels of sexual desire
  • Maintain satisfaction
    via sexual communal
    strength
    :means having sex with their partner to strenghen the relationship

-people with high sexual communal strengh tend to have an Approach(connect partner,have fun) vs. avoidance(so they stop neging me,get over with

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Having Babies &
Careers

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  • Children affect the sexual
    relationship of the couple
  • Tendency to delay having
    children
  • Two-career homes do not differ
    in sexual satisfaction but they differ between satifying job vs not satisfying
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Monogamy

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  • Monogamy = Expectation for romantic and sexual exclusivity in romantic relationship
  • Most expect monogamy but only some discuss it
  • Even so, infidelity is common
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Infidelity

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  • Sexual: physically arousing contact (e.g.,kissing, sexual touching, oral sex)
  • Romantic: close affection or intimate
    connection (e.g., “falling in love”)
  • Some behaviours are almost always
    considered infidelity (ex:having sex with someone else)
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Four categories of sexual infidelity:

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1.Sexual/explicit behaviours – intercourse, oral sex, touching, kissing

2.Technology/online behaviours - sexting, cybersex,
browsing dating profiles

3.Emotional/affectionate behaviours – sharing secrets, working late, giving/receiving emotional support/dressing to attract

4.Solitary behaviours – viewing porn, masturbation, finding a celebrity attractive

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Prevalence

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  • hard to find out
    1. people dont want to adimit
    2. different defenitions for infidality
  • 1.2%-37.5% in nationally representative U.S. Samples
  • 16.5% - 85.5% in community/college samples

very common

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16
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Why do people
cheat?

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treas and Giesen (2000); Selterman et al. (2020)

  • stronger sexual interest: want to have more sex
  • more permissive sexual values: more relexed about infidality
  • lower relationship satisfaction
  • weaker network ties to partner: mutual friends
  • **greater sexual opportunities: **ex people who travel a lot

→ for many people, being faithful in a long-term monogamous relationship takes work

17
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Cheating outcomes

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  • Psychological distress for
    both partners
  • Relationship breakup( popular cause of divorce)
  • stages of healing:
    1. understand the afair(who,why)
    2. make decision to break up or try to work out
    3. try to rebuild the relationship
  • 55% break up immeditality,30% try to work it out but end up breaking up , 15% stayed together
18
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Mate Poaching

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  • Mate poaching occurs when someone forms a romantic and/or sexualrelationship with someone who they know is already in an exclusive
    relationship.
  • mate pouching relationships starts with lower quality
  • more likely to engage infidality
19
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Sociosexual orientation:

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  • people confort and interest in sexual activity in the absecen of love or commitment
  • the more people that are confertable sociosexual orientation , less quality in their relatioiship and more ingage in infedelity
20
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Behaviors intended to maintain monogamy in an
exclusive relationship

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  • Proactive avoidance (avoid opportunities
  • Relationship enhancement : focus on positive thoughs about ur parents
  • Derogating the alternative
21
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Consensual
nonmonogam
y (CNM)

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  • Swinging( married couples exchange partners)
  • Polyamory: sexual reletionship /emotional with multiple people
  • Open Relationships:becoming more popular
22
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Open Relationship
Agreements

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 Variable from one couple to another

 Require clear communication to specify boundaries

23
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CNM Relationship Outcomes

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  • Engage in sex with both partners for intrinsic reasons (e.g., pleasure)
  • Greater sexual fulfillment with a second partner associated with lower sexual satisfaction in first partner
24
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Sex Later on in Life

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 Older people still have sex (and satisfaction is high)

 Some changes to consider when having sex in older adulthood
-specially older women find sexual partner
-women out leave men
-for women we dont see this

25
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Changes in women

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  • Menopause
  • Changes in levels of sex
    hormones
  • Decline in vaginal
    lubrication and elasticity
  • less plesure,less orgasms
26
Q

Changes in men

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  • Less testosterone production and sperm output
  • Erections occur more slowly
  • Volume of ejaculate decreases
  • Prostrate enlargement
27
Q

Two factors are critical for maintaining sexual capacity in old age

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    1. Good physical and mental health
    1. Regularly of sexual expression (“use it or loseit”)

Orgasms keep you alive
longer