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.