Exam 3 Flashcards
(52 cards)
Social Convoy Model
Ever-changing network that surrounds o=us through life (inner circle is most stable; outer circle is most frequently changing)
Socio-Emotional Selective Theory
Size of social network declines as we age bc of shifts in our motivation (due to changes in future time perspective)
Quantity declines, quality remains/increases (younger ppl pursue knowledge & relationship; older pursuer emotional satisfaction & deepening existing relationships)
How do the changes proposed in socioemtional selective theory link to changes/stability of the levels in the social convoy model?
As we age, we want to strengthen inner circle & detach from outer
Three types of love
passion- psychological desire for someone
intimacy- feeling you can share thoughts & actions with one another
commitment- willingness to stay through good and bad
Sternberg’s theory on how passion intimacy & commitment change overtime
passion decreases overtime while intimacy & commitment increase
Neurobiology of love systems
Sexual desire- amphetamines & testosterone
Romantic love- oxycontin & opiods
Attachment- oxycontin & serotonin
Attachment related anxiety
worries act whether or not someone will be there when needed
Attachment related avoidance
discomfort with physical & emotional intimacy
SecFour adult attachment styles
Secure- low avoidance, low anxiety
Preoccupied- low avoidance, high anxiety
Fearful avoidant- high anxiety, high avoidance
Dismissing avoidant- low anxiety, high avoidance
Most common/ least common attachment style
Secure
Fearful Avoidant
How do attachment styles change with age
it gets better
Ppl who feel discomfort w intimacy gradually feel less discomfort as they age
Cohabitation rates changing in US since 1995 & group that changed most & most likely to cohabitate
Increasing; greatest change & liklihood- younger ppl
Age at first marriage: How its changed overtime & gender
Rate has gone down since 1995
Men marry older than women across time, age has increased since the 50s
Marital success
outcome (does marriage continue or end)
Marital Adjustment
degree spouses accommodate eachother overtime
Marital Satisfaction
Global assessment of ones marriage
Homogamy
Similarity of value & interests
Increase marital success
Exchange theory
Each person contribute something to the relationship that the other would be hard pressed to provide
Describe each of the factors (Enduring vulnerabilities, external stressors, initial satisfaction, and adaptive processes) in the vulnerability-stress-adaptation model of marital satisfaction. How do these factors work together to determine changes in marital satisfaction over time
How marital satisfaction chagnes overtime due to endurign vulnerabilites (perosnal traits that make it hard), external stressors (things outside of relationship creating stress), intial satisfaction and adaptive process (how couple overcomes & adapts through problems)
Research-based recommendations for having long happy marriage
- make time for your relationship
- Express your love
- be there when needed
- Communicate (constructively & positively)
- Be interested in there life
- Confide
- Forgive minor offense & try to understand major ones
How has avg of age @ first birth & # of children’ ppl have been changing overtime in US?
Average age woman has first child is going up overtime
# of children has decreases
more than 50% of pregnancies are unplanned.
Benefits of having children
Source of affection
Improves family ties
Gives parents sense of accomplishment
Challenges of having children
$$
creates every day stressors in life
FMLA
Requires large employers (>50) to give unpaid leave of 12 week for:
- caring of child or ill family
recovering from serious health condition
To deal w/ obligations (childcare) arising from dependent being called in for active duty
