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| An important issue in a romantic relationshio for most individuals |
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| An individual's behavioral style and characteristic emotional responses |
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| An explanation of why individuals are attracted to people who are similar to them. Our own attitudes and behavior are supported and validated when someone else's attitudes and behavior are similar to our own. |
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| States that although we prefer a more attractive person in the abstract, in the real world we end up choosing someone who is close to our own level of attractiveness |
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| Also called passionate love, or eros, romantic love has strong sexual and infatuation components and often predominates early in a love relationship |
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| In this type of love, also called companionate love, an individual desires to have the other person near and has a deep, caring affection for the other person. |
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| Refers to living together in a sexual relationship without being married. |
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| Youthful marriage, low education level, low income, not having religious affiliation, having parents who are divorced, and having a baby before marriage are factors that are associated with increases in _______________- |
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-The birth of a child will save a marriage
-As a possession or extension of the parent, the child will think, feel, and behave as the parent did in his or her childhood.
-Having a child gives the parents a "second chance" to achieve what they should have achieved.
-Parenting is instinctual and requires no training |
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