Ch.11 Flashcards
Theory believing that many people finding partners base on their similarities
Assortative mating
Relationship in which one person is aggressive towards the other person
Abusive relationships
Situation where a woman believes she cannot leave an abusive relationship and may kill her abuser
Battered woman syndrome
People in committed, intimate, sexual relationships who live together but not married
Cohabitation
Umbrella term for marital outcome
Marital success
Subjective evaluation of the couple’s relationship on many different dimensions
Marital quality
Degree to which a husband and wife accommodate each other over a certain time period
Marital adjustment
Global assessment of a marriage
Marital satisfaction
Similarity in values and interests
Homogamy
Relationship based on each partner’s contribution to the relationship that the other would be hard pressed to provide
Exchange theory
Model that proposes that marital quality is a process resulting from the couple’s ability to handle stressful events
Vulnerability-stress-adaptation model
Family involving only parents and children, mostly common in Western society
Nuclear family
More commonly worldly, involving grandparents and relatives living with the parents children
Extended family
Belief that a family’s wellbeing takes precedence over the concerns of individual family members
Familism
Expanding the marriage contract to a lifelong commitment between partners within a supportive community
Covenant marriage
