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Midterm Flashcards

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Native American Families

1560-1600

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2 million Native Americans in NA
20 groups, 300 languages
Fluid gender roles
diverse marital arrangements
children were treated with kindness
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White Colonial Families

1560-1800

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Patriarchal
Arranged Marriages
Love came after marriage out of duty to one’s spouse
Bundling
Families seen as economic unit for producing good and a social unit for taking care of the sick, elderly and orphaned
Children seen as inherently evil (child rearing was used to remove the devil from them)

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African American Families

1560-1800

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Came to the US as slaves
Marriage wasn’t legal- “jumped the broom”
Marriages were disrupted by the selling of slaves
fluid kinship connections (blood doesn’t matter)
Men and women cared for children

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Industrialization

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production of goods shifted from the home to factories

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urbanization

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families moved to the cities for jobs and housing was scarce
transportation increased mobility
less supervision of children

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immigration (1820-1882)

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western/northern Europe and China

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Immigration (1882-1930)

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Eastern Europe and Japan

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Immigrants

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relied on ethnic enclaves in big cities and extended kin networks
faced many challenges including prejudice and discrimination

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WWI/ Great Depression/ WWII

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women took the jobs that were traditionally done by men while men were at war
unemployment rates of 23.6%

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Families in 1950’s

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baby boomers

suburbanization

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Companionate family

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has a marriage that provides romance, emotional growth and sexual fulfillment

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Families Now

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Living longer/marrying later
Birthrate is down/ having kids later
Living alone and unmarried (51% of people live in unmarried households)
Cohabitation lifestyle
Dual earner families
increase in diversity (blended families)
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Race in 2009

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65.1% white
15.8% Hispanic
12.9% Black
4.6% Asian
1% American Indian/Alaska Native
.02% Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander

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Intimacy

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feelings of closeness
fulfills basic human needs
Erikson- intimacy vs. Isolation

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Paradox of intimacy

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start with intimacy

struggle to keep it alive

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ways to keep intimacy alive

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communication
conflict resolution
balancing power

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Power

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the ability to exercise one’s will on other people to get them to think, feel or do something that they would not have ordinarily done spontaneously
can have positive/negative implications

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Blood and Wolfe’s Resource Theory

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Balance of power reflects the relative resources of each partner
spouse with more resources has more power
need to consider what partners value
male dominance in the absence of important resources

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Equalization of relationship power

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women attain equal status in the public world and develop resources equal to men
society values women’s resources of caring and emotional expression

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Waller’s principal of least interest

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the partner who is least interested int he relationship has the most power
each partner brings resources into the marriage and receives rewards from the other
one partner may be gaining mroe from the marriage (more likely to comply with the other’s preferences

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Conflict

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the process of interaction that results when the behavior of a person interferes with the behaviors of another

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Positive Conflict

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behaviors that bring poeple closer together and builds self esteem
clarifies differences, improves relationships and keeps issues from festering

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negative conflict

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destructive behavior that is bad for the relationships having deleterious effects on mental and physical health
repressed anger, passive-aggression, scapegoating, gas lighting

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Common sources of conflict for couples

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household tasks
money
sex
loyalty, trust, infidelity
power
privacy
nurture
children
differences in style, preferences and taste
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Collaboration

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concern for advancing both persons interests

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compromise

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seeking a solution that is moderately but not optimally beneficial to both

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accommodation

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understanding the other persons position and working for a harmonious solution

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competition

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forcing your way in order to win the conflict

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avoidance

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deny and retreat from the issue

30
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Patterns that effect divorce

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criticism
contempt
defensiveness
stonewalling

31
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Love

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a complex set of mental emotional states

the presence of physiological arousal combined with a sense of intimacy connectedness and trust

32
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friendship

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an attachment between people

the basis for a strong love relationship

33
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Exchange Theory

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economic metaphor
maximize profits, minimize costs
what are your resources
comparison levels
acting in the best interest of your partner
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Attachment Theory

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Secure- comfort getting close, feeling worthy of love (responsive parent)
Avoidant- less trusting (inconsistent parent)
Anxious- unreliable, neediness (neglectful parent)

35
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Imago Theory

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Childhood wounds impact how we experience relationships

Adult relationships are how we settle unfinished business

36
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Individualism

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forming intimate bonds with others

related to capacity for intimacy and identity resources

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Jealousy

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A usually intolerant or even hostile emotional response to a real or imagined threat to a love relationship
Can be used to set boundaries in a relationship
Reactive vs. Suspicious

38
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Wheel Theory

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explains the process by which love develops and is maintained
(4 stages- rapport, self-revelation, mutual dependency, intimacy need fulfillment)

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Rapport

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feeling at ease, comfort with one another enhanced by similarities

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Self-Revelation

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disclosing personal feelings, hopes, fears, insecurities and ambitions

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Mutual Dependency

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becoming a couple, doing activities together, sharing ideas and sexual desires

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Intimacy Need Fulfillment

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reinforcing each other, making mutual decisions

43
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Sternberg’s Triangular model of love

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commitment (cognitive attachment)
intimacy (sharing feelings/emotional support)
passion (physical affections)

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