exam 2 Flashcards
Because men were typically the only earners, the parents of daughters provided dowries (money or possessions) to the young couple.
Dowries
_____________ is the practice of having a dating couple sleep together sewn into a bag.
Bundling
_______________ was done to encourage intimacy between marrying people
Bundling
These myths are example of what? ____________ relationships are dysfunctional and unhappy and that their relationships are unstable, persist despite evidence to the contrary.
Same sex relationship
_____________ is based on things like age, race, sex, religion, height, education, intelligence, job, body type, personality, etc.
Field of eligibles
____________ is when people tend to view attractive people as better in many different dimensions. Good looking people tend to make more money, to be more popular, etc. In fact when students were matched for blind dates, the attractiveness of their date was the best predictor of satisfaction with the date.
The beautiful the better hypothesis
_____________ is when people tend to seek romantic and sexual partners that are about as attractive as they are.
The matching hypothesis
Approach, talk, swivel and turn, touch, and synchronization are the 5 stages of ____________.
Flirting
_______________ conceived of three variables in love: intimacy, commitment, and passion.
Robert sternberg
____________ is a feeling of closeness, mutual understanding, and mutual concern
Intimacy
_______________ is a decision to remain in a relationship
Commitment
______________ is an emotional state characterized by high bodily arousal
Passion
Passionate Love is high in __________.
Passion
Companionate Love is high in _____________..
Commitment and intimacy
Do relationships improve over time?
yes
__________ love based on friendship
Storge
__________ is passionate love with an emphasis on romance and physical beauty with a strong attraction and passion that tends to burn out quickly
Erotic love
___________ is game playing love with an emphasis on the chase, flirting, and seduction.
Ludos love
These are the ___________ simple truths.
Each relationship contains a reservoir of hope.
one zinger will erase 20 acts of kindness.
Small changes in you can lead to huge changes in the relationship.
It’s not the differences between partners that cause problems but how
differences are handled when they arise.
Men and women fight using different weapons but suffer similar wounds.
Partners need to practice relationship skills in order to become good at them.
six
__________ is when people with low self-esteem try to control their partners. The idea is if their partner cannot meet someone else, they will never leave
Controlling behaviors
_______________ is the total control of a partner. 1/3 of all murdered women are killed by their partners.
Violence
________________ is less dangerous when it is not part of a pattern of attempted control.
Violence
_____________ is using words to control a partner by reducing their self-esteem.
Verbal