are a subset of peers who engage in mutual companionship‚ support‚ and intimacy‚” according to John W. Santrock in the book Adolescence. This implies that there are certain characteristics that are involved. Gottman and Parker organized these characteristics into six main categories‚ which serve as the functions of friendship. They include: Companionship‚ stimulation‚ physical support‚ ego support‚ social comparison‚ and intimacy/affection. Harry Sullivan is given credit as the “most influential
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References: Deverenski‚ J. 2002. Engendering Context. Context as Gendered Practice in the Early Bronze Age of the Upper Thames Valley. European Journal of Archaeology (5)2: 191-211 Champion‚ T.‚ Gamble‚ C.‚ Shennan‚ S.‚ Whittle‚ A. 1984. Prehistoric Europe. Academic Press Inc; London. Fontijn‚ D. 2008. Everything in its
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Discuss the concept of ‘the gender gap’ and its adequacy in representing gendered differences in school level attainment. The gender gap is “the discrepancy in opportunities‚ status‚ attitudes‚ etc.‚ between men and women” (Oxford dictionary‚ 2012) which still exists in the ever equalizing world in which we live in today. The gender gap appears in several areas in society such as in politics‚ employment and education although gender inequalities have the biggest impact on education policies (Marsh
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Chapter 1 Introduction As the rate of separation and annulment rises here in the country‚ it becomes a social concern and various studies were conducted about the marital satisfaction of couples. However‚ the researchers saw the difficulty that having many studies can lead to confusion; which predictors can produce or hinder the couple’s marital satisfaction. This motivated the researchers to identify the predictors (age‚ creativity‚ agreeableness‚ achievement‚ extroversion‚ and resilience) of
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Love. Wherein he shows us the different components of love‚ namely: intimacy‚ passion and decision/ commitment. This theory shows that love can be understood in terms of the three components‚ and they can be viewed as forming the triangle. Intimacy acts as the top vertex of the triangle‚ passion acts as the left point of the triangle and decision/commitment acts as the right point of the triangle. According to Sternberg‚ intimacy is refers to the feeling of closeness‚ connectedness‚ and bondedness
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While many have mixed emotions on gender and gender doing‚ it is quite obvious that many of us have learned that the relationship between biological and cultural processes predict how we label gender. In many cases people fail to distinguish between sex and gender‚ forbidding to come to the realization that gender is an achieved status that we constrict for ourselves. A very interesting discussion regarding Agnes experience on the article Doing Gender by West and Zimmerman really proves how society
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Although Pearce’s statistics are dated (from the late 20th century)‚ to this day‚ there continues to be a trend of higher poverty rates for women and families headed by women than compared to men. In a sense‚ these statistics are surprising as the welfare state was founded on gendered assumptions3 that sought to “protect women” against class inequality and industrial capitalism. In light of this‚ I raise two questions: 1) how is it that‚ contrary to the state’s proposed intentions‚ women continue to bear the brunt of pover
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What are the challenges that Australians face today in terms of Transgender? From the moment anyone is born their sex is determined but not their gender as such. Gender is the result of the x and y chromosomes. In the world of transgender there is approximately 1 in every 30 000 males looking to transgender into females while for females to males there is around 1 person in every 100 0001. No matter the facts each transgender person still faces many challenges. The biggest challenge faced by Australian
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Health Chapter 4 Notes: Communication and Relationships The Communication Process A variety of styles make up the communication process‚ including verbal‚ nonverbal‚ and meta messages. Nonverbal messages are communicated primarily by body language and facial expressions. A meta message has an underlying meaning or an implicit message‚ and may be used in advertising to encourage product interest at an almost subliminal level. Communication Goals In communication‚ your primary goal should be
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child – a child that exhibits both male and female characteristics? ! ! ! What color blankets are give to baby girls? What color blankets are given to baby boys? Has it always been this way? ! ! ! Do animals have gender? We use gendered pronouns even with animals where it’s not noticeable and we could say “it.” We put pink ribbons in girl dog’s hair and camouflage on boy dogs. ! ! ! [For most people in most cultures ...] Gender is an integral part of personhood. It is
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