Stressing Me Out
Ostracism, confusing, stress inducing, and damaging to relationships
What is The Silent Treatment
Conflict occurs less regularly in these committed relationships
What are Married Couples
What is the ability to influence others and resist their influence on us
The country with the highest rate of divorce in the world
What is the U.S.A.
Trying this BEFORE issues arise has shown to be an effective measure in maintaining relationships
What is Couples Counseling/Marital Therapy
Extremely common in relationships to aid our partners or not hurt their feelings
What is Benevolent Lying
I am the alternative to engaging in conflict, passive
What is Avoidance
Power is based on the control of this
What are Resources
This model for predicting divorce states that divorce can be predicted based on the attraction in the relationship, the alternatives availible, and the barriers the couple faces
What is the Levinger's Barrier Model
What is contempt
What is Jealousy
This type of conflicting couple is nasty to one another, holds feelings of contempt and defensiveness and can lead to a fragile relationship
What is a Hostile Couple
The numbers for intimate partner violence are similar for men in women, except this kind of violence
What is Intimate Terrorism
This is the stage of divorce when people put the relationship behind them with resentment and rationalization
What is the Gravedressing Phase
Likely one of the most important factors in maintaining a relationship, staying ______
What is Committed
Giving up our perceived right to retaliate against or hold someone in debt who has wronged us
What is Forgiveness
What is destructive or constructive
Power can be transmitted to others through things other than our words, these things fall into the category of ________
What are Non-Verbal Behaviors
This is the ultimate determining factor in considering if parents should divorce "for the sake of the kids"
What is Parental Conflict
This is a FUN way to maintain a happy healthy relationship
What is Play!?
The scale of how much we think people like us, want to include or exclude us, translating to the value we place on ourselves
What is Perceived Relational Value
This technique in conflict resolution forbids problem solving and relies on a very structured level of communication that seems strange at first, but it works!
What is the Speaker Listener Technique
Individuals who have power are less attune to picking up on these in others less powerful people
What are Non-Verbal Behaviors
This (more commonly accepted) model of divorce prediction stated that enduring stressful life events, our adaptive skills and our baggage from other relationships are all keys to predicting divorce
What is the Karney and Bradbury Vulnerability-Stress Model
Knowledge is power, and even though there are so many factors we've discussed in this class that can tear down a relationship or make it difficult. You all are better equipped to succeed in your relationship, so long as you remember the number 1 rule in healthy relationships. The Big C...
What is Communication!!!