Textbook 9.2 & 11.1-3 Flashcards
ABCDE of Adult Friendships:
Acquaintance, buildup, continuation, deterioration, and ending.
3 Basic Components of Love:
passion (intense desire), intimacy (emotional closeness), and commitment (long-term dedication
The theory that people find romantic partners based on similarities in traits, values, and interests:
Assortative Mating
When people in committed, intimate, sexual relationships live together without being married:
Cohabitation
A broad term referring to any outcome related to the success of a marriage:
Marital Success
A subjective evaluation of the couple’s relationship across multiple dimensions:
Marital Quality
The degree to which spouses adapt to each other over time:
Marital Adjustment
A global assessment of one’s happiness and contentment in marriage:
Marital Satisfaction
The degree of similarity between partners in terms of values and interests:
Homogany
A relationship theory that suggests partners contribute unique qualities to a relationship that the other partner finds difficult to obtain elsewhere:
Exchange Theory
A model proposing that marital quality is influenced by how couples handle stress, taking into account their vulnerabilities and available resources:
Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model
A family structure consisting only of parents and their children, common in Western societies:
Nuclear Family
A family structure in which grandparents and other relatives live with parents and children, common worldwide:
Extended Family
