Answer these questions pretending a healthy couple is in a interview:

How did you and your partner first meet?

What caught your attention about your partner?

Did you have a certain type that you were interested in? If so, did your partner meet this criteria?

What do you love most about your partner?

What is the strongest part of your relationship?

Did you have any deal breakers?

How did you know that you were ready to commit to this person?

Were you able to smoothly integrate into one another's family? If not, what were the biggest challenges?

Healthy relationships share certain characteristics that teens should be taught to expect. They include:

• Mutual respect. Respect means that each person values who the other is and understands the other person’s boundaries.
• Trust. Families and friends should place trust in each other and give each other the benefit of the doubt.
• Honesty. Honesty builds trust and strengthens the relationship.
• Compromise. In a dating relationship, each partner does not always get his or her way. Each should acknowledge different points of view and be willing to give and take.
• Individuality. No one should have to compromise who he/she is, and his/her identity should not be based on a partner’s. Each should continue seeing his or her friends and doing the things he/she loves. Each should be supportive of his/her partner wanting to pursue new hobbies or make new friends.
• Good communication. Everyone should speak honestly and openly to avoid miscommunication. If one person needs to sort out his or her feelings first, the other partner should respect those wishes and wait until he or she is ready to talk.
• Anger control. We all get angry, but how we express it can affect our relationships with others. Anger can be handled in healthy ways such as taking a deep breath, counting to ten, or talking it out.
• Fighting fair. Everyone argues at some point, but those who are fair, stick to the subject, and avoid insults are more likely to come up with a possible solution. Partners should take a short break away from each other if the discussion gets too heated.
• Problem-solving. Family, friends, and dating partners can learn to solve problems and identify new solutions by breaking a problem into small parts or by talking through the situation.
• Understanding. Each partner should take time to understand what the other might be feeling.
• Self-confidence. When dating partners have confidence in themselves, it can help their relationships with others. It shows that they are calm and comfortable enough to allow others to express their opinions without forcing their own opinions on them.
• Being a role model. By embodying what respect means, partners can inspire each other, friends, and family to also behave in a respectful way.

Step 3. After you have created your list, add the following to your document:

• Describe the types and importance of relationships
• Identify the qualities of friendship
• Plan a strategy to develop and maintain ongoing relationships
• Explain what commitment means in a relationship

Task: Using the social research method presented in class, you will create and implement on 8-question interview and prepare a formal case study based on your participants responses.

Find a couple who is in a long term, committed relationship and conduct an interview with one or both parties about how they met.

We will design an 8-question interview together and gather data on: how the couple met, their thoughts and feelings when they first met the other, how they knew they we interested in the person, the qualities that first attracted them to that person, whether they had a preconceived idea of what they were looking for

Additionally, ensure you gather data that will help you determine variables (age, gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity etc.)

Make notes on how the interview was administered (were both parties present? This can affect the reliability of your data.
Also, ensure anonymity by just using their first initials, to protect the subjects privacy.

3. Use the research method learned in class to administer your interview and analyze the data you have collected.

To analyze your data, use the family theories on human attraction and coupling to explain the anthropological, social, or psychological factors that may have contributed to their coupling.

4. Prepare your case study to present your findings.
Ensure that you are using the theories and concepts to explain their coupling, and not just explaining the theories.

Submit your assignment in the following order: student designation information, interview questions, anecdotal notes (variables, responses), then present your case study.

presentation in a slide show.

You may type your assignment in a word document or prepare it as a