Final Flashcards
How has dating evolved over the last century?
- Before the 70s, it was structured around dating.
- Early 1900s supervision and parental permission was common.
-1960s, women’s movement and birth control starting hookup era.
-2000s, LGBTQ more accepted.
Why do adolescents form love relationships?
Doing fun things with someone, looking for a partner for the long-term.
What distinguishes friendships from romantic relationships?
Romantic relations involve more intense emotions.
Sternberg’s theory of love.
Suggests that there are 3 main components that make up love: passion, intimacy, and commitment.
Passion.
Intense physical attraction and desire for another person.
Intimacy.
Emotional closeness and connection with the other person.
Commitment.
This is the decision to stay with the other person and work through challenges together.
How do adolescents choose romantic relationships?
People are attracted to others who are similar to them.
What are the 4 phases of love proposed by Bradford Brown?
Initiation, Status, Affection, and Bonding.
Initiation.
Start of romantic relationship, characterized by mutual attraction and interests between individuals. People may experience infatuation, excitement, and anticipation as they get to know each other.
Status.
In this phase, the relationship becomes more defined, and individuals establish their roles and expectations within the partnership.
Affection.
Characterized by emotional closeness, intimacy, and attachment between partners.
Bonding.
This phase represents the culmination of the relationship, where couples solidify their commitment and deepen their emotional connection.
Why are breakups hard for adolescents?
Egocentrism and personal fables, hard to avoid contact with the former partner.
Cross-cultural similarities in the qualities men and women consider important in a mate.
Kindness, dependability, emotional stability, mutual attraction.
Cross-cultural differences in the qualities men and women consider important in a mate.
Men tend to place greater emphasis on a partners resources and earnings, greater importance on a parters youth and physical attractiveness. Women prioritize qualities related to warmth, nurturance, and caregiving in a partner.
Restrictive societies.
Control or forbid any sexual expression before adulthood or marriage.
Semi restrictive societies.
Adolescents should not engage in premarital sex, however, these prohibitions are not taken very seriously or enforce very rigorously.
Permissive societies.
Expect children and adolescents to be sexually active.
What order do various sexual experiences occur in.
Masturbation, necking and petting, sexual intercourse, oral sex.
What are the features and prevalence of arranged marriages?
Families play a large role in selecting the spouse often with limited input or choice from the people getting married.
How does porn impact adolescents’ perceptions of sex?
Distorted expectations, decreased satisfaction in relationships, gender stereotypes.
What distinguishes adolescents who have sex early vs late?
-Early: Less contraceptive use, more sexual partners, teen pregnancy.
-Late: Parent control and support, late mature, higher academic aspirations, sex education.
What characterizes sexual behaviour in emerging adulthood?
Views as a normal part of life, age 18 half have had sex, age 25 almost all have had sex, almost 80% of college students have at least one casual sexual experience.