FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Promiscuity, Nonverbal Communication, Canada Revenue Agency

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Sandra Pericak

Document Summary

Evolutionary perspective: before the advent of the couple , communal living and breeding had evolutionary benefits, social bonding, cohesion, shared resources. Increased survival of individual children and thus the species: promiscuity (a recent term) was a sexual strategy, greater likelihood of getting pregnant, greater likelihood of getting healthy sperm (genes) Present day: types of intimate couples in canada. 4 myths about common-law relationships: cbc news, common-law unions are the same across the country, unless you were married, you are not entitled to spousal support in the event of a. In the event of a breakup, assets are divvied up breakup: children do not change of effect the common-law standing. Typologies of cohabitation: casper and bianchi (2002, substitute for marriage, precursor to marriage, trial marriage, co-residential dating. Effects of cohabitation on marriage: cohabitation related to, marital disagreement, less positive problem-solving behaviours, less support, greater probability of divorce.