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Ch.9-12 Flashcards

1
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Women’s sex drive

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More adaptable sex drives. Otherwise similar to men’s.

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2
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What are the 3 types of sexual attitudes?

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  1. Procreation
  2. Relational
  3. Recreational
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3
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Procreation

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Primary reason is to have children.

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Relational

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To express love and affection

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Recreational

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Primary reason is to have fun.

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6
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What are the influences on sexual behaviors?

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Culture, media, peers, family, previous relationships.

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7
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Serial Monogamy

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Sexually active with one partner.

Generally more adjusted than promiscuous adventurers or virgins

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8
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Changes to sexual behaviors in the 60s

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Birth control pill

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9
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Indirect, Timid, and ambiguous behaviors

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Gives deniability and protection from rejection.

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10
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Scheflen’s Five Stages of Courtship

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  1. Attention
  2. Courtship readiness stage
  3. Positioning
  4. Invitations
  5. Resolution
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11
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Courtship readiness stage

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Recognition of partner

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12
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Positioning

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Commitment to one another.

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13
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Invitations

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More physically intimate. (Should take more time)

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14
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Resolution

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Accept invitations and engage in sex.

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15
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3 positive Initiation strategies

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  1. Hinting/indirect strategies
  2. Expressions of Emotional and Physical Closeness
  3. Logic and Reasoning
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16
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Quasi-courtship

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Stages 1-4 of scheflen’s model

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17
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2 negative initiation strategies

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  1. Pressure and manipulation

2. Antisocial acts

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18
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Refusal

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Women tend to be more upset when refused for sex.

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19
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Token resistance

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Unclear, confusing, dangerous.

Communication about sex should be clear.

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20
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Safe sex

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Abstinence is the safest sex. Unsafe sex occurs more frequently in close relationships.

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21
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Dynamic process that involves continually adjusting to new needs and demands.

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Relational maintenance

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22
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Pro social Behaviors

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  1. Positivity
  2. Openness
  3. Assurance
  4. Social Networking
  5. Task sharing
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23
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Antisocial behaviors

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  1. Avoidance

2. Jealousy induction

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24
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Sex differences in relational maintenance

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Women talk more together, men do more together.

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25
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3 challenges in maintenance behaviors in cross-sex friendships

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  1. Emotional bond
  2. Potential sexual attraction
  3. Public presentation challenge
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26
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What are long distance relationships doing?

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Increasing in number.

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27
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When couples are together they each are on their best behavior, when a part they focus on positive aspects.
(Issues can arise when proximity becomes closer.)

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Idealization

28
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Cohabiting is successful when there are long-term plans to get married.

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Selection effect

29
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Distribution of resources is fair for both relational partners

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Equity theory

30
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Focuses on balance between benefits and contributions in a specific area.

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Specific equity

31
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An overall assessment of balance between two people’s benefits and contributions.

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General equity

32
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An expressed struggle between interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals.

33
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Parents who have dysfunctional conflict skills will probably have dysfunctional parenting skills.

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Spillover effect

34
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Children pick up and mimic their parents conflict styles.

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Socialization effect

35
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Win/lose. Direct and uncooperative, generally ineffective.

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Competitive

36
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Direct and moderately cooperative. Part win/part lose

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Compromise

37
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Win/win. Cooperative and direct. Most effective.

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Collaborating

38
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Indirect and uncooperative. Passive aggressive. Lose/lose

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Indirect fighting

39
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Indirect and neutral. Lose/lose.

40
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Cooperative and indirect. Lose/win

41
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Aggression equals aggression.

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Negative reciprocity

42
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Storing up pat grievances and releasing them during an argument.

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Gunnysacking

43
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Bringing up old arguments during a current one.

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Kitchen sinking

44
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Insulting or talking about a 3rd party in relation to the argument

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Bringing in a 3rd party

45
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Assuming you know your partners thoughts and feelings

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Mind reading

46
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Four horsemen of the apocalypse

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  1. Complaints vs. criticisms
  2. Accepting responsibility vs. defensiveness
  3. Respect vs. contempt
  4. Physiological self-soothing vs. stonewalling
47
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Assigning reason to someone else’s behavior.

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Attribution

48
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Focuses on logic and reasoning

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Argumentative ness

49
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Attacks the other person.

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Aggressiveness

50
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An individual’s ability to control or influence another

51
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People have to recognize your power.

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Perception

52
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Exists in relationships, you power compared to your partner’s.

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Relational

53
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Struggle over resources

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Resource based

54
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The person with less to lose holds greater power.

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Less to lose

55
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What does appearance and clothing do?

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Triggers judgement about power.

56
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Parent/child

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Parent needs power, but it should be inversely related to the child’s age.

57
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Individuation and seperation

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Teenage years. Teens become individuals and separate themselves from their parents.

58
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Obey without question.

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Authoritarian parents

59
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Children can do whatever they want.

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Permissive parents

60
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Middle ground between permissive and authoritarian. Children respect boundaries but still have freedoms.

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Authoritative

61
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Power is associated with height and vertical position

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Principle of elevation

62
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Based on male dominance and clearly specified roles.

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Traditional marriages

63
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Both partners raise the children and share household responsibilities.

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Egalitarian marriages

64
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Dominant and controlling messages.

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One-up messages

65
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Deferent or accepting messages

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One-down messages

66
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Neutral messages

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One-across messages

Comm 315 (2 decks)

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