how friendship and our friends impact us - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-more likely to feel optimistic about
life and have a lower risk of depression
-friendships are just as important as eating well and keeping fit
-deal with stress better and live longer
drawbacks of social media use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-feel more isolated
-warped sense of self-value
-promotes procrastination
-promotes arguments with friends
impact of cell phone dependence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-teens don't get together anymore
-spending less time on homework
-spending more time in isolation
-boys depressive symptoms increased by 21%
-girls depressive symptoms increased by 50%
-anxiety
-suicidal
destructive intimacy games - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"I don't care. You decide"
"The ties that bind"
how to limit destructive intimacy games - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅describe what you see honestly. avoid
blame and sarcasm. expose implicit rules
how to do single well - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅work more on yourself, more self-reliant, stay in touch
with friends
, how and why dating has changed - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅people are hanging out instead, romantic
relationships are less defined, afraid of getting hurt, dating is less normal
risks of hooking up - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅unsafe sex, unwanted pregnancy, STDs, fewer orgasms,
emotional attachment
3 attributes to consider when choosing someone to marry - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅look at their
relationships, look at their family, and look at their conscience
risks of cohabitation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅less satisfied with marriage, higher rate of divorce, and
many couples slide into it rather than making a decision
how to lower risks of cohabitation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅wait until at an older age, wait until you're
engaged, have a serious discussion about it, only consider it with someone you want to spend the rest of
your life with
intimate partner violence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual abuse directed
at a romantic partner
what should a couple clarify before they get married - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅debt, jobs, sex frequency,
expectation of household chores, in laws, financial decision making, communication
four horsemen of the apocalypse - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅criticism, contempt, defensiveness,
stonewalling
criticism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅attacking your partner's character or personality rather than the
behavior itself
contempt - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅showing blatant disrespect to your spouse
defensiveness - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅not accepting responsibility, giving excuses when attacked