Final - Ch. 10 Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood Flashcards
1
Q
adult attachment styles
A
- secure: positive views of relationships
- avoidant: hesitant about relationships
- anxious: demand closeness, less trusting
2
Q
Costa and McCrae Big Five
A
- openness to experience
- conscientiousness
- agreeableness
- neuroticism
- extroversion
- related to major aspects of a person’s life
3
Q
high levels of openness to experience
A
- more likely to have superior cognitive functioning
- less negative affect to stressors
4
Q
high levels of conscientiousness
A
- better health and less stress
- more successful at accomplishing goals
5
Q
high levels of extroversion
A
- more likely to be satisfied in relationships
- less negative affect to stressors
6
Q
high levels of agreeableness
A
- generous and altruistic
- engage in more positive affect towards stressors
7
Q
high levels of neuroticism
A
- more likely to be drug dependent
- lower sense of well-being
8
Q
intimacy
A
- self-disclosure, sharing private thoughts
- balance of intimacy and commitment, and independence and freedom in early adulthood
9
Q
friendship
A
- vital role in achieving long-term romantic life satisfaction
- new opportunities for friendship in adulthood
10
Q
romantic love
A
- strong components of sexuality and infatuation
- early part of relationships
11
Q
affectionate love
A
- when someone desires to have another person near
- deep and caring affection as relationship matures
12
Q
consummate love
A
- Sternberg
- strongest, fullest from of love
- passion, intimacy, and commitment
13
Q
Sternberg’s triarchic theory
A
- passion
- intimacy
- commitment
- combinations for different types of love
14
Q
infatuation
A
- passion
- low intimacy and commitment
- affair or fling
- Sternberg
15
Q
affectionate love (Sternberg)
A
- intimacy and commitment, lacking passion
- usually long-term relationships
16
Q
fatuous love
A
- Sternberg
- passion and commitment
- worshipping from a distance
17
Q
challenges for single adults
A
- forming intimate relationships with other adults
- confronting loneliness
- finding a niche in a society that is marriage oriented
18
Q
cohabitation
A
- living together in a sexual relationship without marriage
- may be ongoing lifestyle
19
Q
men are more likely than women to rate their marital satisfaction _______
A
- higher
20
Q
5 keys to making marriage work (Gottmans)
A
- establishing love maps
- nurturing fondness and admiration
- turning toward each other instead of away
- letting your partner influence you
- creating shared meaning
21
Q
intimate partner violence
A
- a complexity of abuse: physical, emotional, sexual, verbal, social, and financial
- perpetrated by any type of intimate partner
22
Q
strategies for dealing with divorce
A
- divorce is a chance to grow
- focus more on future
- make decisions carefully
- use strengths/resources to cope with difficulties
