Unit 11: Relationships & Healthy Sexuality Flashcards
Explain the 3 skills in positive communication
self-disclosure: revealing personal info that normally wouldn’t be revealed due to risk
listening: spending mroe time understanding rather than judging + trying to control
feedback: constructive response to another’s self-disclosure
State examples of non-verbal communication
What % of communication is made up by it?
touch, eye contact, facial expression, proximity, posture
makes up 67% of communication
Describe the guide of conflict resolution
- clarify the issue
- find out what each person wants
- determine how you both can get what you want
- decide how to negotiate
- solidy agreements
- review + renegotiate
Romantic Relatioonships
What factors may influence a couple engage in a common-law/cohabitating relationship?
What are some pros and cons?
- greater acceptance of sex outside of marriage
- career development
- desire to delay marriage + children
- financial concerns
- experienced divorce, wary of commitment
Pros
- greater sense of autonomy
- not bound by social rules + expectations of marriage
- easier to experiment w/ living arrangements that match with identity, interests + abilities
disadvantages
- absence of legal protections of marriage
- social + family pressure to marry or otherwise change living arrangements
- statistic of loss of marital satisfication + increased divorce
Romantic Relationships
What are the functions of marriage?
- affection, personal affirmation, companionship, sexual fulfillment, + emotional growth
- provides setting in which to raise children
- important in providing for the future (life long companions + insurance)
Romantic Relationships
Describe positive effects of marriage on health
- live longer + score higher on mental health
- lower prevalences of headaches, back pain, inactivity + psychological distress
Romantic Relationships
What characteristics appear to be best predictors of a happy marriage?
- realistic expectations about relationship
- feel good about eachothers’ personality
- communicate well
- have effective ways of resolving conflicts
- agree on religious + ethical values
- have egalitarian role relationship
- have good balance of individual VS joint interests + leisure activities
Human Sexuality Response
What are the 4 stages of human sexual response?
- excitement phase
- plateau
- orgasmic phase
- (refractory for males)
- resolution phase
Human Sexuality Response
Describe the response for males
- aroused more easily than females
- males experience orgasm then a refractory period (no sexual activity), during which another orgasm cannot be achieved
Human Sexuality Response
Describe the response for females
- takes longer to be aroused
- experience prolonged orgasm compared with males
- resolution stage may be longer
- able achieve multiple orgasms in short succession
- may or may not have an orgasm with vaginal stimulation alone, may require stimulation of clitoris to achieve orgasm
Human Sexuality
Describe Male and Female Performance Concerns
Male
erectile dysfunction
- physiological: high bP, high cholesterol, diabetes, alcohol, smoking, obesity, nerve damage
-psychological: performance anxiety, stress, mental disorders
premature ejaculation
Female
- persistent and recurring issues with arousal desire, sexual response, pain, and/or achieving
- can occur at any stage of life
- can be physiological, psychological, hormal, psychosocial
Unit 11 Quiz Questions
True or False: Much of the communication between two people is nonverbal
True
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True or False: The reproductive and urinary tracts share an exit from the body in females
False
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True or False: Jealousy is an indicator of love
False
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True or False: lovers are usually more accpeting and less critical than friendships
False
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True or False: having the conviction that you are always right is harmless competitiveness
False
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In females, the prepuce is also called the __
- uterus
- clitoral hood
- glans
- labia minora
- labia majora
clitoral hood
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The most long-lasting element of love __
- preoccupation with the lover
- euphoria
- passion
- commitment
- idealization with the lover
commitment
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___ is a constructive response to another’s self-disclosure
- feedback
- issue clarificatin
- criticism
- verbalization
- nonverbal cue
feedback
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Our first relationships outside our family are ___
- dependent relationships
- intimate relationships
- independ relationships
- love relationship
- friendships
friendships
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Our gender role is first defined for us by our ___
- culture
- sexual orientation
- heredity
- family
- teachers
sexual orientation
