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Emerginhg Adulthood
The period in which adulthood is delayed or prolonged that extends into the late teens and mid twenties. (18-25)
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Resilience
The capacity to overcome challenge and adversity
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Caring for the next generation and helping improve society
Generativity
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The underlining design of a person's life, consistent of relationships with significant others, individual groups and institutions
Life structure
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Age graded expectations for major life events such as begining of first job, getting married, birth of first child, buying a home and retiring
Social Clock
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What is the traingular theory of love
- A theory that incorporates three components
- 1. Passion
- 2. Intamacy
- 3. Commitment
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Passionate love
Intense sexual attraction
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Companionate Love
Warm, trusting affectionate caregiving
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Unhappeiness resulting from a gap between the scial relationships we currently have and those we desire
Loneliness
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Traditional marraige
Marriage arrangement in which the man is the Head of Household and primarily responsible for economic well being. The woman is responsible for caring and nuturing husband and children
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Eqalitarian marriages
Partners relate as equals, sharing power and responsibility and authority.
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A lifestyle of unmarried couples who have a sexually intimate relationship and live together
Cohabitation
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Role overload
Conflict between work and family responsibilities
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Conflict involving close relationship with a partner vs the negative outcome of lonliness
Intamacy vs. Isoaltion
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Levinson's Stage
Involves dreams of Men focusing on career and settling down
Women are focuse on career and family and are unsettled until middle adulthood
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Valliant refining Erikson's Stages
- 20's: Devoted to Intamacy
- 30's: Deveoted to Career
- 40's: Devoted to Generativity
- 50's & 60's: Devoted to Cultural Values
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Gender Roles
Conformation to the behavior that is associated with a particular sex
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Name 4 Factors that affect Marital Satisfaction
- 1. Sharing Household responsibilities/chores
- 2. Ability to comprimise/ resolve conflictsÂ
- 3. Financial Status/Stability
- 4. Education
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Name 3 Types of Parenting
- 1. Gay and Lesbian Parents
- 2. Never Married Single Parents
- 3. Stepparents
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Role Overload
An overload of responsibility that is usually associated with women in marriages of dual income
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