Human Development Reviewer: CHAPTER 11
Identification
• Assortative mating – theory stating that people find partners based on their similarity to each other
• Abusive relationship – relationships in which one person becomes aggressive towards the partner
• Battered woman syndrome – situation occurring when a woman believes that she cannot leave the abusive situation and may even go so far as to kill her abuser
• Cohabitation – people in committed, intimate, sexual relationships who live together but are not married
• Marital success – an umbrella term referring to any marital outcome
• Marital quality – a subjective evaluation of the couple’s relationship on a number of different dimensions
• Marital adjustment – the degree to which a husband and wife accommodate to each other over a certain period of time
• Marital satisfaction – a global assessment of one’s marriage
• Homogamy – similarity of values and interests
• Exchange theory – relationship, such as marriage, based on each partner contributing something to the relationship than the other would be hard pressed to provide
• Vulnerable-stress-adaptation model – model that proposes that marital quality is a dynamic process resulting from the couple’s ability to handle stressful events in the context of their particular vulnerabilities and resources
• Nuclear family – most common form of family in Western societies, consisting only of parent(s) and child(ren)
• Extended family – most common family around the world; one in which grandparents and other relatives live with the parents and children
• Familism – the idea that the family’s well-being takes precedence over the concerns of individual family members
• Covenant marriage – expands the marriage contract to a lifelong commitment between the partners within a supportive community
• Marriage education - the idea that more couples are prepared for marriage, the better the relationship will survive over the long run
• Collaborative...