Exploring Relationships and Families
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
This perspective explores how a family is influenced by the surrounding environment.
What is: family ecology perspective
The process of choosing a partner with the intention of forming a marriage or committed relationship.
What is mate selection
This refers to cultural distinctions often based in language, religion, food, and history.
A group or category thought of as representing a distinct biological heritage.
What is race?
What is "Creedmoor?"
This theory applies an economic perspective to social relationships.
What is: exchange theory
This type of love is composed of all three components: passion, intimacy, and committment.
What is consummate love?
The basic feelings people have about themselves, their characteristics and ability, and their worth; how people view or think of themselves.
What is "self-concept"?
Feelings of mutual trust and respect; often established by similarity of values, interests, and background.
What is "rapport"?
Who is the current President of VGCC?
Who is Dr. Rachael Desmarais?
This theory's primary focus is to explain male dominace.
What is: feminist theory
What is "arranged marriage"?
When making informed decisions, we are either "deciding" versus....
What is sliding?
The ability to recover from challenging situations.
What is "resilient?"
What is the mascot for VGCC?
What is a Vanguard?
A form of qualitative research in which a researcher asks a gathering a people about their attitudes and experiences regarding a situation.
What is a: focus group
This words means working to control the feelings, attitudes, and behavior of your partner in underhanded ways rather than by directly stating your case.
What is manipulating?
Economic and social forces that limit personal choices.
What are: structural constraints
Behavior related to reproductive health that is used to maintain power and control in a relationship.
What is "reproductive coercion?"
What are the school colors of VGCC?
What are green and yellow?
What the IRB acronym stands for.
What is the: Institutional Review Board
According to this theory, the development of love has four stages: rapport, self-revelation, personality need fulfillment, and mutual dependency.
Ideas and feelings about the uniqueness and value of one's family unit.
What is family identity?
The situation in which ther are few clear guidelines regarding what responsibilities, behaviors, and emotions family members are expected to exhibit.
What is "role ambiguity?"
Name at least three of the four counties that are served by VGCC?