Friendship
When people are established friends, a touchstone of that stage is the assumption of continuity. True or false?
True
Generally, romantic love involves three characteristics. What are those three characteristics?
Passion, commitment, and intimacy
Define Fitzpatrick's independent type of relationship.
less interdependent, more emotionally expressive, and engage in conflict more often; likely to have fewer common interests and activities together
________ is an intense love that usually includes early self-disclosure, sentimental expression, and a quick falling in love period.
Eros
One of the two dimensions of trust is...
others will be dependable
care about our welfare
Growth, navigation, and deterioration.
What are the three key elements that influence satisfaction in long term relationships?
Words, thoughts, and emotions
What is equity?
Fairness, based on the perception that both people involved in the relationship benefit similarly from their investments
Name 2 of the 3 internal pressures on friendship.
Relational dialectics
Diverse comm styles
Sexual attraction
What is storge?
Love that grows from friendship and is characterized by stability
What are the two key dimensions of communication that define a family's communication style?
Conversation orientation and conformity orientation
Define the ludus style of loving.
View of love as a game that usually includes adventure, puzzles, and commitment avoidance
________ are unspoken understandings that regulate how people interact.
What is mania, and what two primary love styles comprise it?
Devising games and tests for their potential partners; experience emotional extremes; combines eros and ludus
Name two of the four guidelines for effective communication in families.
Maintain equity
Families are creative projects
Demonstrate value and respect
Don't sweat the small stuff
Define Fitzpatrick's traditional type of relationship.
Highly interdependent and emotionally expressive with each other; engage in conflict regularly
Name 2 of the 3 external pressures on friendship.
Competing demands for time
Personal changes
Geographic distance
What is relational culture, and where does it fit in the three phases of romantic relationships?
Private world of rules, understandings, meanings, pattern of acting agreed upon in a relationship.
Navigation phase
What is social exchange theory?
People apply economic principles to evaluate their relationships.
What is agape?
Combines eros and storge love styles; people who exhibit this love style usually put another’s happiness ahead of their own without any expectation of reciprocity.