PSYC 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fingerhut, Social Class, Traditional Marriage
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Material from lectures, chapters 1, 2, and 3; chapter 10 pages 419-440, film. 3 essay questions, choice [4 choose 3: no question just from the textbook that wasn(cid:495)t mentioned as a major theme in lecture. Peplau & campbell (1989) n=200 heterosexual couples over time. Average couple had been dating for 8 months. They were interested in looking at power. Factors that predict balance of power in dating relationships male in the relationship had more power. had a strong belief that their relationships ought to be equal in terms of people. Peplau & fingerhut (2007) looked at heterosexual couples, gay couples, lesbian couples. Also found that people said that power should be equal but in survey found that one partner had more power than the other. When couples were asked specific questions about power, (cid:494)who has more say(cid:495), fewer than half noted equal power. Sprecher, 2001 found same result as peplau & campbell.
