FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Name Calling
27 Oct 2017
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In the past, people married for political, economical, practical reasons: 50 years ago, 76% of women & 35% of men would have married an otherwise perfect partner who they did not love. Intimacy: feelings of warmth, understanding, communication, support & sharing, passion, physical arousal & desire, sexual longing, strong emotional need, commitment, decisions to devote oneself to a relationship & to work to maintain it. How do you show love: telling them, being supportive, spending time with them, doing things for them, touching your partner. Conflict: is it bad: some researchers suggest that conflict is not itself bad. It is: disagreement and anger exchanges among couples were not harmful in the long run, resolving conflict is important. It was the that people engaged in conflict that created negativity. Emotion in conflict: couples with high stability handled conflict in supportive & positive ways failing couples were characterized by an escalation of conflict.
