Psych223 Ch14
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Emerging adulthood | the transion to adult roles has become so delayed and prolonged that its has spawned a new transitional period, extending from the late teens to the mid 20s |
| intimacy vs isolation | young person's thoughts and feelings about making a permanent commitment to an intimate partner |
| life structure | a key concept in Levinson's theory, is the underlying design of a person's like, consisting of relationships with significant others: individuals, groups, and institutions |
| social clock | age graded expectations for major life events, such as beginning a first job, getting married, birth of the first child, buying a home, and retiring |
| triangular theory of love | IDs 3 components that shift in emphasis as romantic relationships develop - intimacy - passion - commitment |
| passionate love | intense sexual attraction |
| companionate love | warm , trusting affection and caregiving |
| loneliness | unhappiness resulting from a gap between the social relationships we currently have and those we desire |
| family life cycle | a sequence of phases characterizing the development of most families around the word |
| traditional marriages | involving a clear division of husband and wife's roles, still exist in Western nations the man is the head of the household; his primary responsibility is the economic well-being of the family the woman devotes herself to caring for her husband and children and to creating nurturing and comfortable home |
| egalitarian marriages | partners relations as equals, sharing power and authority both try to balance the time and energy they devote to their occupations, their child and their relationship |
| Cohabitation | lifestyle of unmarried couples who have sexually intimate relations and who share a residence |
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