Relationships - breakdown

Question 1

Rollie & Duck’s 6 stages

Answer 1

1. Breakdown, 2. Intrapsychic, 3. Dyadic, 4. Social, 5. Grave-dressing, 6. Resurrection

Question 2

Breakdown

Answer 2

One partner becomes increasingly dissatisfied with the relationship

Question 3

Intrapsychic

Answer 3

Characterised by social withdrawal and resentment with the dissatisfied partner - focusing on their partner’s ‘faults’ and a sense of being ‘under benefited’

Question 4

Dyadic

Answer 4

These occur when partners begin talking to each other about the problems or perceived inequalities that at least one of them is unhappy - may result in reconciliation as the other partner accepts the validity of their views

Question 5

Social

Answer 5

The breakup is ‘aired’ and made public, advice and support are sought from people outside of the relationship and alliances are created

Question 6

Grave-dressing

Answer 6

Must create an account of how the relationship came into being, what it was like and why it died

Question 7

Resurrection

Answer 7

Each partner prepares themselves for relationships afterwards - must define what they want to get out of future relationships and what they must avoid

Question 8

Duck

Answer 8

Stories are constructed so that the speaker is seen to be open to new relationships

Question 9

Tashireo and Frazier

Answer 9

Surveyed undergrads who had recently broken up with a romantic partner - reported emotional distress but also personal growth

Question 10

Evolutionary Explanations

Answer 10

Infidelity, infertility and lack of economic support

Question 11

Betzig

Answer 11

Cross-cultural - recorded reasons for divorce, 1. infidelity, 2. infertility, 3. personality, 4. economics

Question 12

Buunk

Answer 12

men show greater psychological and physiological distress to sexual rather than emotional infidelity - women show more distress to emotional

Question 13

Fisher

Answer 13

31 years of data; 45 countries - 39% divorces with no children, 26% with 1 child, 19% with 2 children