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Psych B310 Study Guide Ch 11, Study notes of Developmental Psychology

Indiana University Purdue University (IUPUI)Developmental Psychology

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Psychology B310- Human Development
Study Guide
Chapters 11
Chapter 11_________________________ ______________________________________pages 384-415
11.1
Relationships
I. Friendships
a. Defined at a mutual relationship in which those involved influence one another’s behaviors and
beliefs
i. Begins in childhood and is of major importance from late teens to adults for support
ii. Diff from love relationships
1. Less emotionally intense and less sexual energy or contact
b. Friendship in adulthood
i. Stages
1. Acquaintanceship-bases on attraction, knowledge, communication
2. Buildup
3. Continuation
4. Deterioration- depends on other friendships availability
5. Ending
ii. Life transitions result in fewer friends and less contact with friends
iii. Themes of friendship
1. Most frequent dimension of friendship mentioned is affective or emotional
basis
2. Second is shared or communal nature of friendship
3. Third is sociability and compatibility
iv. Men’s, woman’s and cross sex friendships
1. Woman based more on intimacy and emotional sharing
a. More close realtionship
2. Men based more on shared activities
3. Cross sex tend to help men have lower date anxiety , but may cause pressure
from third party to date
a. Men over perceive sexual interest and woman under perceive
b. Often one partner feels jealous
II. Love relationships
a. Sternberg found that love has three basic components
i. Passion- an intense physiological desire for someone
ii. Intimacy- the feeling that one can share all one’s thoughts and actions with another
iii. Commitment- the willingness to stay with a person through good and bad times
b. Ideally true love has all three
c. Love through adulthood
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Psychology B310- Human Development

Study Guide

Chapters 11

Chapter 11_________________________ ______________________________________pages 384-

Relationships

I. Friendships a. Defined at a mutual relationship in which those involved influence one another’s behaviors and beliefs i. Begins in childhood and is of major importance from late teens to adults for support ii. Diff from love relationships

  1. Less emotionally intense and less sexual energy or contact b. Friendship in adulthood i. Stages
  2. Acquaintanceship-bases on attraction, knowledge, communication
  3. Buildup
  4. Continuation
  5. Deterioration- depends on other friendships availability
  6. Ending ii. Life transitions result in fewer friends and less contact with friends iii. Themes of friendship
  7. Most frequent dimension of friendship mentioned is affective or emotional basis
  8. Second is shared or communal nature of friendship
  9. Third is sociability and compatibility iv. Men’s, woman’s and cross sex friendships
  10. Woman based more on intimacy and emotional sharing a. More close realtionship
  11. Men based more on shared activities
  12. Cross sex tend to help men have lower date anxiety , but may cause pressure from third party to date a. Men over perceive sexual interest and woman under perceive b. Often one partner feels jealous II. Love relationships a. Sternberg found that love has three basic components i. Passion- an intense physiological desire for someone ii. Intimacy- the feeling that one can share all one’s thoughts and actions with another iii. Commitment- the willingness to stay with a person through good and bad times b. Ideally true love has all three c. Love through adulthood

i. Early in relationships passion is high and intimacy and commitment low = infatuation- an intense, physically based relationship in which the two people have high risk of misunderstanding and jealousy

  1. This fades and either turns into intimacy or ends ii. As the length of the relationship increases, intimacy and passion decrease but commitment increases d. Falling in love i. Assortative mating- theory stating that people find partners based on their similarities to each other

  2. Education, religion, physical traits, socioeconomically status, political views, etc ii. New types of dating

  3. Speed dating is similar to traditional

  4. Online is common 1 in 5 couples iii. Very difficult process to understand e. Developmental forces and relationships i. Important factors are timing, meeting the right person, luck, and effort ii. Love is one of the three discrete interrelated emotion systems (sex drive and attachment are the other two)

  5. The brain circuitry involved in romantic love, maternal love, and long term attachment overlap a. In terms of love, amphetamines play a role in the beginning which gives feelings of falling in love b. Once relationship is settled, the brain processes switch to substance related to morphine, and oxytocin which plays a major role in woman’s attachment and orgasm (cuddle hormone) c. The stronger the relationship the less likely a woman is to identify the body odor of another male, attention deflected III. Abuse a. Relationships in which one person becomes aggressive toward the partner i. Battered woman syndrome- situation occurring when a woman believes that she cannot leave the abusive situation and may go as far as to kill her abuser ii. Being female, Latina, or African American, atypical family structure, more romantic partners, early sexual activity or victim of child abuse are predicted factors of victimization iii. Progression

  6. Verbal

  7. Physical

  8. Severe physical

  9. Murder iv. More likely when cultural focuses on honor and woman purity

Lifestyles

I. Singlehood a. Most men and woman in early adulthood are single

  1. Most intense in early years a. Share many activities and open to new experiences together

  2. Beginning is the basis of how the marriage will deal with conflict

  3. With time stress increases viii. Keeping marriage happy

  4. Must be flexible and adaptable

  5. Good stress and conflict strategies

  6. Communication

  7. Support

  8. Make time, express love, be interested, confide in each other

The Family Life Cycle

I. Nuclear family- most common form of family in western societies, considering only of parents and child II. Extended family- most common form of family around the world, one in which grandparents and other relative live with parents and children III. Deciding whether to have children a. Biggest decision b. Don’t think very deliberately or deep about when to have kids, thoughts just don’t cross their mind until their ready c. Parents willing sacrifice a great deal for kids d. Finances in great concern IV. Parental Role a. In US typically have fewer kids and first later i. Age of woman for first kid is 25 ii. Caused by two major trends

  1. Woman marrying later
  2. Establish careers
  3. Choice to delay iii. Advantages of children later in life
  4. woman a. More at ease about being a parent b. Spend more time with babies c. More affectionate, sensitive, supportive
  5. Men a. More invested b. More time caring for children iv. Parenting skills don’t come naturally b. Ethnic diversity i. Ethnic background matters in family structure
  6. African American a. more likely to help with household chores no matter the woman’s employment status b. more loving without strong religion c. Single parents

i. About 9%, births to unwed mothers is all time high about 40% ii. How are children affected with single parents?

  1. Feelings of frustration, failure, guilt and need to be overindulgent

  2. Separation anxiety is a common feeling for deployed iii. Face obstacles

  3. Financial

  4. Dating d. Alternative forms of parenting i. 1/3 of north Americans couples become stepparents or foster or adoptive parents ii. Few differences iii. Issues

  5. How well they bond

  6. Looking for biological parents

Divorce and Remarriage

I. Divorce a. Very common in US, 50-50 chance of divorce i. Odds are even worse if you marry young, for couples 20-24 at time of marriage odds are 60% ii. Slowly declining since it peaked in 1970s and early 1980s

  1. In part because of people being serious and waiting longer to marry and greater social acceptance of cohabitation iii. Divorce in every other country is lower but rate has increased in other countries in recent decades iv. Mixed couples more likely to divorce v. African American and Asian marriages last longer b. Reasons i. Men and woman agree of reasons
  2. Infidelity is number one reason
  3. Incompatibility
  4. Drinking
  5. Drug use
  6. Growing apart ii. Woman more likely to intimated the divorce iii. Depends on how couples handle conflict c. Models to predict divorce, within 7 years of marriage and when first child reaches 14 i. 93% accuracy
  7. Negative emotions displayed during conflict between couple = early divorce not later d. Covenant marriage- expands the marriage contract to a lifelong commitment between the partners within a supportive community i. Religion and cultural values make divorce more difficult e. Effects of divorce on couples i. High toll in psyche of the couple
  8. Deeply disappointed, misunderstood and rejected
  9. Personal failure