Intimacy, Communication, and Friendship Flashcards

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1
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What precedes development of romantic or sexual relationships ?

A

Need for intimacy

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2
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The capacity for intimacy first develops in what type of relationships?

A

Same-sex relationships

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3
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What can predict the quality of later romantic relationships?

A

the quality of same-sex relationships, but the reverse is not true

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4
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What is the term for nonsexual relationships with individuals who might otherwise be romantic partners?

A

platonic relationships

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5
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What are 3 roles that friends play during adolescence ?

A
  • serve as sounding boards for future plans
  • provide advice on a range of identity-related matters
  • contribute to adolescents’ self-esteem
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what are two things that the effects of having an intimate friendship with someone depend on?

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  • what that someone is
  • what takes place in the relationship
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t or f: people with satisfying close friendship do worse in adolescence and adulthood than those without them

A

false

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What are the 3 components in the frientimacy equation?

A

positively, consistency, and vulnerability

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What do older teens typically have conflicts over?

A

private matters

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What do younger teens have conflicts over usually?

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public disrespect

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do girls or boys show a pronounced increase in jealousy over their friends’ friends during early adolescence ?

A

girls

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What are 4 traits that teens have compared to kids?

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  • more helpful and generous
  • more responsive to close friends
  • more empathic and socially understanding
  • more focused on providing support
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t or f: teens are less likely to end conflicts with negotiations

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false, they are more likely

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who expresses less interest in close friendships ? (girls or boys)

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boys, girls are more interested in closer friendships

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15
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What is co-rumination?

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excessive talking with another about problems

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What are boys conflicts like compared to girls?

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  • they are shorter
  • typically over issues abt power and control
  • escalate into physical aggression
  • resolved with little effort
17
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Who is intimacy a more conscious concern for? (girls or boys)

A

girls

18
Q

What are sex differences a result of when discussing friendship intimacy?

A

different patterns of socialization

19
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Adolescents who have more other-sex friends than peers in early adolescence tend to enter romantic relationships at what type of age?

A

earlier age and tend to have longer romantic relationships

20
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t or f: other-sex friendships in early adolescence set the stage for later romantic experiences

A

true

21
Q

What kind of friends increase girls likelihood of antisocial behavior?

A

male friends