Love Actually - Fall Introductions (Week 1)

Question 1

letter to a young poet: the seventh letter

Answer 1

-young people cannot love they throw themselves at each other
-we learn how to love as we age
-“it is that striving that all striving in merely preparation for”

Question 2

singlism

Answer 2

discrimination against single people

Question 3

sex ratio

Answer 3

number of men in relation to women (one man for every 100 woman)

Question 4

why study relationships?

Answer 4

-humans are social creatures
-which is why solitary confinement is an extreme punishment
-we have a fundamental need to belong

Question 5

need to belong

Answer 5

-satisfying interpersonal relationships creates this feeling
-we are stressed when a relationship ends

Question 6

cultural trends

Answer 6

-fewer people are getting married
-people are getting married later in life
-more cohabitation and acceptance of divorce
-cohabitation may result in divorce
-more mothers are working