Chapter 9: Personal Relationships Flashcards
Involve the act of relating and allowing your person to connect with others.
Personal Relationships
Teenage Relationships
Parents and Family
Friends and Peers
Romantic Relationship
Casual Relationship
Are integral part of your lives.
Parents and Family
The level of closeness to, support of and communication with the ________ can have an impact on your future romantic relationships.
family
You are likely to emulate and imbibe the behaviors and attitudes of your parents and family towards conflicts, finances, intimacy and commitment.
Parents and Family
Outside of the family, you also relate to your _____________, some of whom you may have known since childhood. Some of them may have established or formed new friends with you in high school.
Friends and Peers
________________ can be your stronghold and support, providing you with sense of belonging, value and security.
Good friends
They can be a source of information related to physical and emotional during this stage of development.
Friends and Peers
This is relating with the element and taste of romance.
Romantic Relationship
It is part of the major developmental milestone that involves the physical, social and emotional aspects of a person, partly characterized by his/her growing interest and desire for independence, space, and privacy
Romantic Relationship
Is a pleasurable feeling based on attraction to another person.
Romance
This type of relationship without a real and defined sense of seriousness and commitment.
Casual Relationship
May mean non-committal.
Casual
Depth and intensity are not part of this kind of relationship.
Casual Relationship
For adolescents this is a passing experience and may not have a strong reason to look back to.
Casual Relationship
The Dynamics of Attraction, Love and Commitment
Attraction
Going Steady
Love
Commitment
TRUE OR FALSE
An invisible force brings you closer to what causes you to be interested. You ask, “ What is in the person” what draws you closer to him/her.
TRUE
When you are attracted to something or someone, your interest is heightened.
Attraction