PSYC 4072 (Exam 3) - Relationships
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____ has the third highest percentage of children living with grandparents in the U.S.
Cohabitation effect
the greater likelihood of divorce among couples who cohabitate before marriage
10
1 in ____ grandparents live with their grandchildren
1. give and take 2. mutual support 3. sharing 4. companionship
Adult Friendships are characterized by reciprocity, with: (4)
1. psychological 2. self-disclosure 3. well being
Adult Friendships purpose: 1. ____ support 2. ____ ____ 3. Enhance each other's ____ ____
10 percent
Approximately 7 million (____%) of grandparents are living in the same household with at least 1 grandchild;
1. Secure attachment style 2. Anxious attachment style 3. Avoidant attachment style 4. Fearful style 5. Dismissive style
Attachment theory Five types:
1. similarity 2. attractiveness 3. intelligence and competence
Basis of Friendships: 1. Interpersonal ____ 2. Physical ____ 3. ____ and ____
Filial maturity
Developmental transition where adult children begin to identify with their parents
sorrowful daily living statistics
Divorce 1. Like death, divorce is a ____ experience 2. Implications for ____ ____ (housing, finances, family) 3. Important to interpret ____ carefully
negative 1M
Family fallout 1. Divorce or stay in high-conflict marriage? - Both have ____ consequences 2. ____ new children are affected by divorce every year
1. Voluntary 2. Mutuality 3. Flexible 4. Equal and reciprocal 5. Emotional 6. Terminable
Features that characterize friendship relations: (6)
responsibilities affection and respect personal past
Grandparenting can be rewarding for several reasons: - indulge without ____ - enjoy receiving ____ and ____ from grandchildren - facilitates a reinvolvement in one's ____ ____ (i.e., remembering relationships with one's own grandparents)
65
Grandparenting prevalence - ____ million grandparents in the U.S. today!
4.9 1.8
Grandparents with coresident grandchildren 1. ____ million grandparents are householders - (only 2.7 million are the designated caregivers here) 2. ____ million grandparents are not householders
Filial obligation (or filial piety)
In other cultures, it is expected that children will take on the care of their parents in old age
retirement; health insurance; survivor happiness; higher quality
Marriage Advantages: 1. ____, ____ ____, and ____ benefits; 2. Greater ____ and ____ ____ of life
1. financial resources 2. social support 3. legally
Marriage Disadvantages 1. Fewer ____ ____ 2. lower ____ ____ 3. more complicated ____ to terminate a marital relationship
Filial anxiety
Occurs when adult children realize that they may be forced to take on the care of a disabled parent
8 years
On average, first marriage lasts ____ years
Socioemotional selectivity theory
People reduce the range/size of their network of relationships as they move through adulthood to maximize social and emotional gains and minimize risks
1. substance abuse 2. abuse and neglect 3. teenage 4. unemployment 5. divorce; AIDS; incarceration
Reasons for skip generation families: 1. Parental ____ ____ 2. Child ____ and ____ 3. ____ pregnancy 4. Parental ____ 5. ____, _____ and ____
18 percent; 4 percent less stable
Second (and more) marriages 1. People get married again after divorce 2. ____% of all U.S. marriages are second marriages; ____% are third marriages 3. Second marriages are ____ ____ than first marriages
Attachment theory.
Taken from mainstream developmental psychology, assumes that one's approach to close relationships is based on the attachment style developed in early childhood:
Divorce proneness
Tendency to leave when relationship troubles appear
Intergenerational Relations
The interactions between individuals of different generations. These interactions include: - communication - caring - accountability - loyalty - conflict between related or non-related individuals
1. Independent Style 2. Discerning Style 3. Gregarious (acquisitive) Style
Three styles of friendship (3)
1. reciprocity 2. similar 3. best 4. dyadic withdrawal 5. influence
What we know about adult friendships 1. ____ is key dimension 2. People choose as friends people who are ____ to them. 3. Many people remain close to their "____" friends 4. When couple marries, though, they may drop non-shared friends through ____ ____ 5. Friends ____ each other in important ways
relationship styles
Why friendships differ: - Friendship patterns may vary due to different ____ ____
health; mortality
Why interpersonal relationships are important to study: 1. Social relations affect ____ 2. Social networks affect ____ - There are many myths and misconceptions (i.e., stereotypes v. what the literature says)
81%
____% of all middle-aged and elderly adults have living children
74%
by age 55, ____% of all men and women in the US have been married at least once
50 - 60% success
cohabitation 1. Living together in a stable relationship before marriage 2, Alternative to traditional marriage 3. Often precedes marriage 4. ____ - ____% of married couples lived together 5. Doesn't guarantee relationship ____
Skip generation family
defined as a situation where grandparents are raising grandchildren. Approximately 2.7% of all grandparents are raising their grandchildren, as shown next ...
58.4 million
number of grandparents with no coresident grandchildren
Friendship
refers to a relationship between two people
Marriage
the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship. Historically a union between a man and a woman. Through a Supreme Court action in 2013, same-sex marriages are now legal across the U.S.