Unit 11 Flashcards
Friendship
A mutual relationship in which those involved influence one another’s behaviors and beliefs.
Assortative Mating
Theory stating that people find partners based on their similarity to each other.
Abusive Relationship
Relationships in which one person becomes aggressive toward the partner.
Battered Woman Syndrome
Situation occurring when a woman believes that she cannot leave the abusive situation and may even go so far as to kill her abuser.
Cohabitation
People in committed, intimate, sexual relationships who live together but are not married.
Marital Success
Umbrella term referring to any marital outcome.
Marital Quality
Subjective evaluation of the couple’s relationship on a number of different dimensions.
Marital Adjustment
Degree to which a husband and wife accommodate to each other over a certain period of time.
Marital Satisfaction
Global Assessment of one’s marriage.
Homogany
Similarity of values and interests.
Exchange Theory
Relationship, such as marriage, based on each partner contributing something to the relationship that the other would be hard-pressed to provide.
Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model
Model that proposes that marital quality is a dynamic process resulting from the couple’s ability to handle stressful events in the context of their particular vulnerabilities and resources.
Nuclear Family
Most common form of family in Western societies, consisting only of parent(s) and child(ren).
Extended Family
Most common form of family around the world; one in which grandparents and other relatives live with parents and children.
Familism
Idea that the family’s well-being takes precedence over the concerns of individual family members.
