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Marriage
Legally and socially sanctioned union of sexually intimate adults. TERM 2
Cohabitation
DEFINITION 2 Living together in a sexually intimate relationship without the legal bonds of marriage. TERM 3
Tradititonal Model of marriage
DEFINITION 3
- Increased acceptance of singlehood-age of 35 are remaining single. 2. Increased accpetance of cohabititaion- it's become okay
- Reduced premium on permanance-perminat commitment divorce can be seen as justifiable. 4. Transitions in gender roles- womans movement and economic pressures have shifted the roles in families. 5.Increased voluntary childlessness. 6. Decline of the traditonal nuclear family. TERM 4
Monogamy
DEFINITION 4 The practice of having only one spouse at a time. TERM 5
Polygamy
DEFINITION 5 Having more than one spouse at a time
Endogamy
Tendency of people to marry within thier social group. TERM 7
Homogamy
DEFINITION 7 Tendency of people marry others who have simular personal characteristics. TERM 8
Stimulus Value Role Theory Bernard Murstein
DEFINITION 8 Couple generally proceed through three stages the stimulus, the value, and the role. as they move toward marriage. 1. Persons attraction to members of the other gender depends mainly on the stimulus characteristics, such as physical attractiveness, social status, occuational success, and reputation. 2. Compadablity in values, sdditudes about sex, relgion, gender roles, politics, lesizure activites. 3.Start evaulating whether the other person does a satisfactory job in the role of the intimate companion, power in the relationship. TERM 9
Decision to marry Peter Stein
DEFINITION 9 -Interviewed single people ages 22-45 to determine the motivational factors that influence to the descion to marry. *Pushes toward marriage-invole deficits supposedly felt by single persons. *Pushes towards singlehood-involve deficts felt by married people. *Pulls- postive factors associated with marriage or being single. TERM 10
Predictors of marital sucess
DEFINITION 10 *Family background- compared to the satifiction of marrige between your parents. *Age-the ages of the bride and groom are alos related to the likihood of success. couple who marry young have a higher divorse rate.
