PSYC of G ch. 9

• triangular model of relationships
• framework for understanding all relationships

• appear early in development
• before age 5, kids voluntarily segregate themselves according to gender
• girls: small groups
• boys: larger groups, hierarchical organization

• concerned with emotional intimacy (girls more than boys)
• men find it difficult to develop such relationships, have buddies, activity-based relationships

men develop emotionally intimate love relationships with women, decrease time and engergy to men friends

• men and women have flexible styles
• use different styles to relate to men and female friends
• men and women acknowledge cross gender nonsexual friendships are possible but require special rules

• forms love relationships, began in 1920s
• a method of courting, forum for recreation, socialization, sexual exploration
• adolescents choose dates similar to future mates
• people prefer partners who are warm, kind, expressive, intelligent, physically attractive

follow several blueprints: companionship, independence, interdependence

• separate gender roles
• emphasizes woman's role in maintaining love relationship

• emphasize self-development for men and women
• differ in importance of commitment

• believes about love
• communication
• division of household labor
• power and conflict
• relationship stability

• more romantic in conceptualization of love
• benefit more

• major factor for relationships
• differences for men and women likely due to power differentials
• balance of power favors men

• reflects power difference
• women perform far more of this work than men
• women dissatisfied with this division
• men beginning to do more household work

• women more likely than men to be injured as a result of relationship violence
• decreases stability of relationship, does not always end it

• similar attitudes and values
• commitment factor produces greater stability

• increased 1980s
• decreased 1990s
• people who have divorsed tend to see fault in ex-spouse rather than in institution of the marriage
• brings financial and emotional problems
• some find positive factors
• many remarry or cohabit, some find more equitable second marriages

• women experience more egalitarian relationships and roles in societies in which they make significant economic contributions
• male dominated cultures restrict women's access to resources; restrictive marriages, fewer options for women to leave marriage, condone greater intimate-partner violence

a combination of commitment and intimacy without passion

• skills involving use of large muscles of the body, producing large movements
• kicking, throwing, running, jumping

the unreasonable fear and hatred of homosexuality

• a Spanish word
• strong and assertive masculinity and implying complete male authority

family pattern in which women are dominant or a pattern in which women are the head of the household due to father's absence