CFD 135 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Marriage, Cohabitation, Trust Law

• School: SDSU
• Department: Child and Family Development
• Course: CFD 135
• Professor: Idara Essien

Document Summary

Ch 5 love and choosing a life partner. Love is viewed as the primary reason for getting and staying married. Loving involves the acceptance of partners for themselves. Commitment is characterized by a willingness to work through problems and conflicts as opposed to calling it quits when problems arise; it involves consciously investing in the relationship. Marriages between individuals with a relatively secure attachment style that take place around age 25 and are between partners who grew up in intact families are the most likely to be satisfying and stable. Committed lovers have fun together; they also share tedious times. The(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t see p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373)s as i(cid:374)di(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s that thei(cid:396) (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship is o(cid:448)e(cid:396) Though love is thought to be the domain of women, recent research suggests that some boys are becoming less focused on casual sex and more on romance. Women are more resilient when it comes to love and breakups.