marriage and family chapter 5
attachment theory of love -
✅ A theory maintaining that the degree and quality of an infant's attachment to his or her
primary caregiver is reflected in his or her love relationships as an adult.
attributions -
✅ The ways individuals account for and explain relationship failures. Such attributions
influence the level of distress felt after a breakup.
closed field -
✅ A setting in which potential partners may meet, characterized by a small number of
people who are likely to interact, such as a class, dormitory, or party.
commitment -
✅ Factors that help maintain a relationship, for better or worse, including love, obligation,
and social pressure.
companionate love -
✅ A form of love emphasizing intimacy and commitment.
companionate marriage -
✅ A marriage characterized by shared decision making and emotional and sexual
expressiveness.
conjugal family -
✅ A family consisting of husband, wife, and children. See also nuclear family.
consummate love -
✅ In Robert Sternberg's theory, a love that includes passion, intimacy and commitment. It
is idealized, sought after, yet difficult to find and sustain.
deep friendship -
✅ Characteristic of peer marriages, deep friendship is an intense companionship, that
produces a profound intimacy and mutual respect.
double standard of aging -
✅ The devaluation of women in contrast to men in terms of attractiveness as they age.
expressive displays -
✅ ways of communicating feelings of love, largely through verbal expression.
feminization of love -
✅ The idea that our cultural construction of love is based on mostly expressive qualities,
more compatible with women's earlier socialization. More instrumental displays of love tend not to
be recognized as love.
halo effect -
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, ✅ The tendency to infer positive characteristics or traits based on a person's physical
attractiveness.
hierarchy of needs -
✅ Abraham Maslow's theoretical construct in which human needs are ranked from most
basic to higher level needs. The most basic needs are physiological (e.g., water, oxygen, food),
followed by safety needs. Once these are met, the need for intimacy and belonging is most
fundamental.
homogamy -
✅ Marriage between those with similar social or personal characteristics.
instrumental displays -
✅ Displaying love more by what one does than what one says; tasks done out of and
displaying love.
intimacy -
✅ Closeness between two people, can be expressed physically (through sexual relations or
displays of affection), or emotionally (by sharing ourselves, our feelings, with another).
jealousy -
✅ An aversive response occurring because of a partner's or other significant person's real,
imagined, or likely involvement with or interest in another person.
marketplace of relationships -
✅ A concept that portrays relationship formation as an exchange, wherein we are
evaluated by and evaluate others on the basis of the qualities they possess or the resources they
bring.
open field -
✅ A setting in which potential partners may not be likely to meet, characterized by large
numbers of people who do not ordinarily interact, such as a beach, shopping mall, or large
university campus.
passionate love -
✅ Intense, impassioned love.
peer marriages -
✅ Marriages built on principles of equity, equality, and "deep friendship," between
spouses. Husbands and wives divide up housework and childcare more equally than is typical
(between 50-50 and 60-40), and exhibit high levels of empathy and communication.
prototype -
✅ In psychology, concepts organized into a mental model.
reactive jealousy -
✅ Jealousy that occurs when a partner's past, present, or anticipated involvement with
another is revealed
rejection sensitivity -
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attachment theory of love -
✅ A theory maintaining that the degree and quality of an infant's attachment to his or her
primary caregiver is reflected in his or her love relationships as an adult.
attributions -
✅ The ways individuals account for and explain relationship failures. Such attributions
influence the level of distress felt after a breakup.
closed field -
✅ A setting in which potential partners may meet, characterized by a small number of
people who are likely to interact, such as a class, dormitory, or party.
commitment -
✅ Factors that help maintain a relationship, for better or worse, including love, obligation,
and social pressure.
companionate love -
✅ A form of love emphasizing intimacy and commitment.
companionate marriage -
✅ A marriage characterized by shared decision making and emotional and sexual
expressiveness.
conjugal family -
✅ A family consisting of husband, wife, and children. See also nuclear family.
consummate love -
✅ In Robert Sternberg's theory, a love that includes passion, intimacy and commitment. It
is idealized, sought after, yet difficult to find and sustain.
deep friendship -
✅ Characteristic of peer marriages, deep friendship is an intense companionship, that
produces a profound intimacy and mutual respect.
double standard of aging -
✅ The devaluation of women in contrast to men in terms of attractiveness as they age.
expressive displays -
✅ ways of communicating feelings of love, largely through verbal expression.
feminization of love -
✅ The idea that our cultural construction of love is based on mostly expressive qualities,
more compatible with women's earlier socialization. More instrumental displays of love tend not to
be recognized as love.
halo effect -
1
, ✅ The tendency to infer positive characteristics or traits based on a person's physical
attractiveness.
hierarchy of needs -
✅ Abraham Maslow's theoretical construct in which human needs are ranked from most
basic to higher level needs. The most basic needs are physiological (e.g., water, oxygen, food),
followed by safety needs. Once these are met, the need for intimacy and belonging is most
fundamental.
homogamy -
✅ Marriage between those with similar social or personal characteristics.
instrumental displays -
✅ Displaying love more by what one does than what one says; tasks done out of and
displaying love.
intimacy -
✅ Closeness between two people, can be expressed physically (through sexual relations or
displays of affection), or emotionally (by sharing ourselves, our feelings, with another).
jealousy -
✅ An aversive response occurring because of a partner's or other significant person's real,
imagined, or likely involvement with or interest in another person.
marketplace of relationships -
✅ A concept that portrays relationship formation as an exchange, wherein we are
evaluated by and evaluate others on the basis of the qualities they possess or the resources they
bring.
open field -
✅ A setting in which potential partners may not be likely to meet, characterized by large
numbers of people who do not ordinarily interact, such as a beach, shopping mall, or large
university campus.
passionate love -
✅ Intense, impassioned love.
peer marriages -
✅ Marriages built on principles of equity, equality, and "deep friendship," between
spouses. Husbands and wives divide up housework and childcare more equally than is typical
(between 50-50 and 60-40), and exhibit high levels of empathy and communication.
prototype -
✅ In psychology, concepts organized into a mental model.
reactive jealousy -
✅ Jealousy that occurs when a partner's past, present, or anticipated involvement with
another is revealed
rejection sensitivity -
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