FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Sex Education, Pasteurization, Polyamory

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

Document Summary

Marriage is the norm: most people marry at some point in their lives. The number of cohabitation (people living together without marriage or before marriage) is increasing. The most important developmental task in young adulthood is the establishment of intimacy (close emotional relationship) according to erik erikson, psychiatrist. A second developmental task is building the foundation for the couple"s relationship (ex, verbal/non- verbal communication, trust ) Symbolic-interactionists thin that the pattern of relationships is established from the earliest interchanges between partner. Couples that do not have a free choice of a partner, basis of the relationship is established before marriage, but personal aspects of the relationship may not develop until after. Courtships are divided into 2 basic streams: (both closely tied to values and traditions of cultures) Those decided by the families of the couple. In asian indian families, men provide financial support for their families of procreation as well as needy relatives.