Chapter 10

Question 1

What is challenging marriage rates?

Answer 1

the acceptance of singlehood and cohabitation, reduced premium on permanence, transitions in gender roles, increased voluntary childlessness.

Question 2

What are some predictors of maritial success.

Answer 2

family background, age, premarital communication, personality, length of courtship, and stressful events.

Question 3

What are the 7 stages of the family lifecycle?

Answer 3

unattached young adult, newly married couple, couple with young children, couple with adolescents, launching children into world, family later in life.

Question 4

Unattached young adult stage:

Answer 4

between families, establishing career, maintaining network of friends

Question 5

newly married couple stage:

Answer 5

commitment to a new system

Question 6

couple with young children stage:

Answer 6

learning to be a parent, adjusting to new lifestyle

Question 7

couple with adolescents stage:

Answer 7

conflict with children, children move in and out of family system

Question 8

launching children into the world stage:

Answer 8

conflict subsides, empty nest, maintaining marriage and satisfaction

Question 9

family later in life stage:

Answer 9

supporting children, maintaining marriage, dealing with loss of loved ones, preparing for own death

Question 10

What are vulnerable areas in marriage?

Answer 10

gaps in gender expectations, financial difficulties, miscommunications, work and career issues

Question 11

What are Gottman’s 4 horsemen (technically 5)

Answer 11

criticism, defensiveness, contempt (disrespect), stonewalling, belligerence.