UNIT 6 Flashcards
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social relationships
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- dynamic, recurrent patterns of internactions iwth other individuals
2
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attachment theory
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- Bowlby’s theory
- infants form strong affectional bonds with their caregivers that provide basic security and understanding of the world and serve as a foundation for later relationships
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attachment
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- strong affectional bond an infant forms with his or her caregivers
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attachment behaviors
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- outward expressions of attachment
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internal working model
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- Bowlby
- the set of beliefs and assumptions a person has about the nature of all relationships based on specific experiences in childhood
6
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attachment orientation
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- patterns of expectations, needs, and emotions one exhibits in interpersonal relationships that extend beyond the early attachment figures
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caregiving orientation
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- system that is activated in adults when they interact with infants and young children, causing them to respond to the appearance and behavior of younger members of species by providing security, comfort, and protection
8
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convoy
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- ever-changing network of social relationships that surrounds each of us throughout our lives
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socioemotional selective theory
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- Carstensen
- the explanation that people emphasize more on meaningful, emotional satisfying social relationships as they become older because they are more aware of the end of life than younger people
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evolutionary psychology
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- explains human behavior in terms of genetic patterns that were useful in our primitive ancestors for survival and reproduction success
11
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mate selection
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- process of choosing a long-term partner for an intimate relationship
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3 emotional system for mate selection
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- lust
- attraction
- attachment
13
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lust
mate selection
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- causes men adn women to experience sexual desire to seek our sexual opportunities
- accelerator
14
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attraction
mate selection
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- directs men and women to attend to specific potential mates an dto desire an emotional relationship
- steering wheel
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attachment
mate selection
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- drives men and women to be close to the target of attraction and to feel comfortable, secure, adn emotionally dependent with that person
- romantic love, obsessive love, passion
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libido
lust system
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- sexual desire
- foundation of all intimate relationships
- powered by androgens
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filter theory
attraction
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- theory that we select mates by using finer and finer filtering mechanisms
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exchange theory (attraction)
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- theory that we select mates by evaluating the assets we ahve to offer in a relationship and the assets the potential mates have to offer, adn try to make the best deal
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selection effect
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- those who are more mature and have stronger relationships follow the traditional path to marriage
- whereas those with doubts and troubled relationships opt for cohabitation first
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engaged cohabitation
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- the couple becomes engaged before moving in together
- lead to marriage
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preengaged cohabitation
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- the couple becomes engaged after moving in together
- lead to marriage
22
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nuclear families
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- parents and their children
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extended families
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- grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, and other relatives beyond the nuclear family of parents and children
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intergenerational solidarity theory
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- extent to which family members of different generations are close to each other
- quality of family relationships can be assessed
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associational solidarity (intergenerational solidarity theory)
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- how often family members interact with each other adn what type of activities they do together
- frequency and pattern of interaction in various types of activities
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affectional solidarity (intergenerational solidarity theory)
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- how positive the sentiments are that family members hold for ache other adn whether those sentiments are returned
- they type and degree of positive sentiment that family members hold for each other
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consensual solidarity (intergenerational solidarity theory)
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- how well family members hold the same values, attitudes, and beliefs
- the degree of agreement on values, attitudes, and beliefs among family members
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functional solidarity (intergenerational solidarity theory)
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- how much family members do for each other in terms of services or assistance
- the degree to which family members exchange services or assistance
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normative solidarity (intergenerational solidarity theory)
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- how much family members feel a part of the family group and identity with each other
- perceptions of norms of family solidarity adn the degree to which they are followed
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intergenerational family structure
intergenerational solidarity theory
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- how many family members there are, how they are related, and how close they live to each other
- number, type and geographic proximity of family members