PSY 2114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mental Model, Attachment In Adults, Premarital Sex

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Wendy Lee

Document Summary

Professor in department of psychology at clark university in massachusetts. Machines taking over jobs, different jobs available requiring more knowledge. 2) sexual revolution brith control pill, marriage age going up as premarital sex became common. Women in schools, don"t need man to support woman. 4) youth movement not in hurry to enter adulthood and enjoy youth life. Much time spent on self to move life ahead (school, career, relationships) Possibilities having too many possibilities can make things harder: relationships. Relationship improves (greater closeness, less conflict) when children leave home. Dubas & petersen (1996) 21 yr olds who lived an hour away had highest levels of closeness with parents, then those who lived within an hour drive, and lowest for those living at home. Conflict when at home, choosing to see parents. Less conflict and less intense (as in adolescence) Less influenced/related to relationship with parents than in adolescence.