Final - Ch. 10 Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood Flashcards
1
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adult attachment styles
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- secure: positive views of relationships
- avoidant: hesitant about relationships
- anxious: demand closeness, less trusting
2
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Costa and McCrae Big Five
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- openness to experience
- conscientiousness
- agreeableness
- neuroticism
- extroversion
- related to major aspects of a person’s life
3
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high levels of openness to experience
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- more likely to have superior cognitive functioning
- less negative affect to stressors
4
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high levels of conscientiousness
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- better health and less stress
- more successful at accomplishing goals
5
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high levels of extroversion
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- more likely to be satisfied in relationships
- less negative affect to stressors
6
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high levels of agreeableness
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- generous and altruistic
- engage in more positive affect towards stressors
7
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high levels of neuroticism
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- more likely to be drug dependent
- lower sense of well-being
8
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intimacy
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- self-disclosure, sharing private thoughts
- balance of intimacy and commitment, and independence and freedom in early adulthood
9
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friendship
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- vital role in achieving long-term romantic life satisfaction
- new opportunities for friendship in adulthood
10
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romantic love
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- strong components of sexuality and infatuation
- early part of relationships
11
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affectionate love
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- when someone desires to have another person near
- deep and caring affection as relationship matures
12
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consummate love
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- Sternberg
- strongest, fullest from of love
- passion, intimacy, and commitment
13
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Sternberg’s triarchic theory
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- passion
- intimacy
- commitment
- combinations for different types of love
14
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infatuation
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- passion
- low intimacy and commitment
- affair or fling
- Sternberg
15
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affectionate love (Sternberg)
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- intimacy and commitment, lacking passion
- usually long-term relationships
