Marriages
This is the number of developmental stages for relationships.
What is 4?
This is where each spouse claims a different religious preference.
What is interfaith marriages?
This is defined as intimate, stimulating companionship that is a source of help, reliable alliance, self validation and emotional security.
What is friendship?
This type of love is defined as a practical choice.
What is pragma?
This perspective suggests that when studying the duration of relationship researchers should consider the cohabiting years along with the marriage years.
What is measurement theory?
During this stage of marital relationships, spouses are focused on behaviors such as spending money together and establishing a home.
What is magical stage?
This is an area of psychology focused on developing precise instruments, some of which at questionnaires.
What is psychometrics?
Americans use this term to refer to many relationships from the most casual to the most dear.
What is friend?
What is Mania?
This is defined as living together as a romantic couple outside of marriage.
What is cohabitation?
This stage of marriage involves unconditional respect and support within the marriage.
What is affirmational stage?
This term includes all marriages and that are not the first marriage for one or both spouses.
What is remarriage?
This model of Friendship was developed by Antonucci in the 1980's.
What is Convoy Model of Friendship?
This type of love is defined as an intense emotional and physical attraction.
What is Eros?
This theory suggests that cohabitation changes the individuals attitudes about marriage and relationships.
What is casual theory?
This stage of marital relationships is when couples married lifestyles become comfortable and predictable.
What is individualistic stage?
This is a step in the process of developing a psychological test that demonstrates a test is stable in terms of giving a consistent measurement.
What is reliability?
Mendelson and Aboud identified how many primary functions of close relationships?
What is 6?
This type of love is defined as a game, just playing around.
What is ludus?
This is defined as cohabitation prior to marriage is associated with reports of less satisfying marital relationships and higher rates of divorce.
What is cohabitation effect?
This stage of marital relationships is when couples married lifestyles become routine.
What is Idealized conventional stage?
This theory is learned from their early infant-caregiver bonding experience.
What is avoidant attachment style?
This is the 3rd function of friendship and refers to the role that friends play in listening to personal concerns or problems and giving honest feedback.
What is intimacy?
This type of love is defined as selfless, putting the other first.
What is agape?
This theory proposes that people who choose to cohabitate may have certain characteristics that cause the couple to be more likely to divorce.
What is selection theory?