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Couples who live together before marriage (and especially before an engagement or an otherwise clear commitment) tend to be less satisfied with their marriages — and more likely to divorce — than couples who do not
What is the cohabitation effect?
What are weak ties?
This part of the brain is not fully developed in EA
What is the frontal lobe/cortex?
What is "Intimacy/Passion/Commitment"
Number of other majors Pratt declared before becoming a psyc major
What is 4?
Two of the four horseman in relationships, According to Gottman
What is contempt, criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling?
A collection of your personal assets. What you bring into the workforce, what sets you apart.
What is identity capital?
This is a proposed stage of cognitive development, after Piaget's 4th stage, that extents thinking by being more practical, flexible, and dialectical.
What is Postformal Thought?
The personality assessment most supported by the psychology field
What is The Big Five
How Pratt got her graduate school internship?
What is "through weak ties" or a connection made with one of her regulars while waiting tables?
This inventory is used for couples who are in a serious relationship or engaged, and is used to measure the strength and weaknesses of the relationships.
What is Prepare Enrich?
This social networking site is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs and resumes.
What is LinkedIn?
These memories are focused around specific, shocking, emotional events. Flashbulb memories are high in details such as location, emotion, and surroundings.
What are flashbulb memories?
Two reasons why the EA stage exists now in comparison to the past
What is....
*Later ages of marriage and parenthood
*Longer and more widespread education
*Birth control, fewer children
*Tolerance of premarital sexuality, cohabitation
*Changes in women’s roles
*Ambivalence about adult status
Pratt's age when she got married?
What is 22 years old?
This psychologist used couples' perceptions about their marriages and each other to model marital stability or divorce with high accuracy.
Who is Dr. John Gottman?
This terms applies to the theory that if a person is presented with too many choices, he or she is actually less likely to buy.
What is paradox of choice?
this part of the brain is overly active in EAs and is responsible for risk taking behaviors and emotional decision making
What is the amygdala?
What is Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise
Pratt's age when she had Xander?
What is 31 years old?
This category of the Big Five Assessment is far more predictive of relationship unhappiness than personality dissimilarity.
What is neuroticism?
According to Karen Horney this concept is viewed as dividing our personalities into two selves: an ideal self and a real self. When we don’t live up to the ideal self, we are split and out inner critic comes out.
What is the Tyranny of the Shoulds?
The thought process that intelligence is static and you can't gain new insight. The opposite is that it's continually growing.
What is fixed mindset?
Average age women's fertility starts declining
What is 28 years old?
What type of mental health disorder did Pratt have during her EA?
None, she is beacon of mental health and has had a perfect life with no issues EVER.