FAD-2230 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: John Gottman, Storge
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Micro level love: wheel theory of love development, rapport-sharing interests and activities, self-revelation- sharing intimate info, mutual dependency- depend on partner, personality need fulfillment- lives intertwined. Keeping love by john gottman (video: 5 to 1 ratio, for every 5 positive interactions, there"s 1 negative reaction. Unhealthy couples would be less, 4 to 1 or 2 to 1: turn to one another, healthy couples would turn to one another eventually when something was wrong, not turn to other people to talk about it. Occasionally allow that person to show you and do what they like to do: solve your solvable problems, don"t allow things to build up and up and up. Same sex relationships: similar trends, people have a need to be close, relationships can be fulfilling, challenges: handling stress from outside of the relationshop, discriminations, often less accepting. Sex and sex relationships: sex and sexuality are pervasive in our culture, universal human experience.