Dr. Bentley (Guest Lecture) TwoGether in Texas * Know what Twogether in Texas is * Trying to better marriage and stuff * Communication * Conflict resolution skills * Know the public cost of divorce * 30,000
Chapter 12 & Lecture * Know the types of resources * Rewards * Punishments * Authority * Respect /love * Expertise * information * Know the difference in how men and women speak * Men speak in an aggressive tone * Know the different types of power * Reward- You can give them something they like * Corecive- You can do something they do not like * Example answer choice * Legitimate- they …show more content…
recognize your authority to tell them what to do. * Referent- Wanting to remain close to you * Expert- You have the broad understanding they desire * Informational- You possess some specific knowledge they desire * Know the different types of couple violence * Situational couple violence-errupts from heated conflicts that get out of hand * Intimate terrorism-one partner uses violence as a tool to control and oppress the other * Violent resistance- a partner forcibly fights back against intimate terrorism * Be able to give an example of an universalistic resource * Money * Fate control- On occasion, one can control a partner’s outcomes no matter what the partner does * High commitment decreases the likelyhood of violence * Love is an example of what resource * pictularsite
Chapter 13 & Lecture * What is the fate of divorced individuals? Are they likely to remain single and alone? Are they likely going to form a new relationship but live alone? Are they likely going to remarry? Page 388 * What are the different phases of divorce? What are they called, and how do they differ from one another? Pages 406-407 Chart on page 407 * Personnel Phase- I am unhappy in this relation relationship * Dyadic phase- * Social phase- start telling your friends * Grave dressing- getting over it (healing) * Resurrection- ready to enter the social world * What happens within six years of a divorce to most people? Pages 413-414 * * What do men and women say about what caused their divorce?
How do men and women differ in their response? Pages 400 Chart on page 401 * * Which view accounts for the finding that children do worse following divorce if one parent moves some distance away? Page 416 * * What are the emergent distress model, the disillusionment model, and the reactive stress model? How do they differ from one another? Which of these model suggests that problematic behavior that destroys a couple begins after marriage? Pages 397-398 * Emergent- that the problematic behavior that destroys a couple begin after they marry * Disillusionment- when couples stop trying and become confused as to why they are married * Reactive stress- * Parental loss- Children are lucky to have two parents and when they lose one they are worse off. * Parental conflict- mean interactions between parents appear to be hard on children
VLS (Presentation) * According to the disillusionment model, how would you describe partners during courtship? * According to the disillusionment model, what happens when partners get married? * How do couples who divorce differ from couples who stay
married? * What characterizes “Delayed Action Divorcers”? * The Virginia Longitudinal Study (VLS) described different categories of divorcees. What are they? (Enhanced, Competent Loner…) * Know all the “Lessons” of the VLS from lecture. (The Diversity Lesson, The Gender Lesson…) * Know all the different categories of post-divorce relationships (Perfect Pals, Cooperative Colleagues…)
Chapter 14 & Lecture * What is the definition of relational/relationship maintenance? Page 422 * Strategies to maintain your relationship * What do you call a shift from thinking of oneself as «I» to «we»? What is meant by cognitive interdependence? Page 423 * Changing from I to we * Which factors contribute to contentment in relationships? Pages 427 * What is a behavior maintenance strategy and how do you distinguish it from other strategies? Pages 424-426 * What do all the different marital therapies have in common? Page 437 * What are the cognitive and behavioral maintenance mechanisms? Pages 422-426
Love Gone Bad * Understand obsessive relational intrusion * Know what percentage of college students have experienced stalking * Know how passion can fad * Know what feelings stalking victims experience * * Know what percentage of would-be lovers experienced happiness and/or excitement according to Baumeister, Wotman, & Stillwell (1993)