CFD 135 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Gender Role, Social Integration, Social Network
Document Summary
Can openly share their thoughts and feelings. Drives us to share our innermost feelings with others. Needs that make us want to be part of a group. Need to care and be cared for. Need to know we are wanted and loved. The physical setting in which couples interact. Personality traits, attitudes and belief about the relationship. Social network of family, friends, peers, neighbors. Norms, beliefs and ideals of the culture and subculture. Characterized by feelings that promote a sense of closeness, bonding and connection. Disclosing things that are personal and private. Having interpersonal interactions that improve understandings of each other. Capable of experiencing closeness, forming an emotional attachment to another, committed to depth in a relationship. Appears to be intimate but lacks depth, never progress beyond friendship, relationships are doomed from the outset. Capable of intimacy but lack the ability to sustain long- term relationships. Has many casual relationships but lack depth and commitment.
