Types of Marriage: - Answers Arranged Marriage
Marriage by Exchange: 2 men trade sisters to acquire wives.
Bridewealth or Brideprice: man pays to marry the woman.
Brideservice: man pays in labor to marry the woman.
Dowry: man is given money to marry the woman.
Child Betrothal: arrangement made between 2 families
Levirate: if a man dies, his brother marries wife
Sororate: if woman dies, man marries wife's sister or close relative.
Marriage by Abduction
What does Gottman say is the foundation for a successful marriage? - Answers A deep friendship with
respect and positivity
According to Gottman, what are the 6 signs that predict divorce? - Answers The Harsh Startup
The Four Horseman
Flooding
Body language
Failed repair attempts
Bad memories
What are the four horseman? - Answers Criticism
Contempt
Defensiveness
Stonewalling
Statistically, how accurately does the presence of the four horseman predict divorce? - Answers With
82% accuracy
What are Gottman's seven principles for making marriage work? - Answers Enhance your love maps
Nurture your fondness and admiration
, Turn toward each other
Let your partner influence you
Solve your solvable problems
Overcome gridlock
Create shared meaning
What statistics does Gottman use to show that marriage is a dynamic process and can change over time?
- Answers 86% of marriages that were unhappy were happy 5 years later.
77% of the worst marriages rated to be happy 5 years later.
What percentage of couples had a happy marriage when they put a positive spin on their marital
history? - Answers 94%
According to Gottman how does sharing influence relate to divorce and marital happiness? - Answers
Men who let wives influence them have happier marriages and happiest marriages were those that
shared power
According to Gottman, when a man is not willing to share power with his partner what was the
likelihood of divorce? - Answers 81%
According to Gottman what are the gender differences in expressing negativity, bringing up sticky
marital issues, and escalation of conflict? - Answers Most women try to match negativity or tone it
down.
80% of time women bring up sticky marital issues and men try to avoid discussing them.
According to Gottman how does sharing power relate to marital happiness or unhappiness, escalation of
conflict, and marital friendship? - Answers happiest and healthiest marriages shared power
What is the emotionality principle? - Answers The more intense the emotions in a family's emotional
system, the more the emotions dominate whathappens in the family.
What is the differentiation principle? - Answers The greater the differentiation of self from the family
emotional system, the more family members canchoose to use their intellectual system.
What is the difference between high and low differentiation? - Answers High: principle oriented,
tolerant and respectful of differences, low anxiety, intense negative feelings are tolerated, intense
positive feelings are cultivated.
Low: so immersed in a feeling world they are unaware of alternatives. Emotionally needy andhighly
reactive to others.