SOC 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Small Talk
5 Mar 2016
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Intimacy work: cultural rules and regulations determine what constitutes intimacy, language and expression are used to articulate our needs and how we feel about another person. Relationship health and sociology: suicide rates of attached and unattached people, self-reporting of feelings of happiness or general satisfaction, signs of poor mental of physical health, changes in health status, etc. , among people with different relationship patterns. Individual capacity: the ability to talk about feelings of intimacy: quality of relatedness: intimacy grows out of long-term committed relationships and is not dependent upon individual characteristics. Exchange theory: comparison level: expected outcomes vs. actual outcomes in the relationship, comparison level for alternatives: benefits in the current relationship vs. the possible benefits that could be derived from an alternative relationship. Folklore regarding parenthood: children improve marriage satisfaction, childless couples are frustrated and unhappy, you should stop with just one child. Determinants of marital satisfaction: shared leisure time of spouses and marital stability, employment conditions, gender roles, religion.
