How to develop intimate relationships - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Be willing to give of yourself (share
ideas, feelings, time, needs)
-Self-concept and self-esteem (feel good about ourselves)
-Roots of our identity and self (developed during childhood, relationships with parents and other family
members - gender roles, style of attachment, formulation of friendships)
What is the first relationship formed outside of family? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Friendship
Characteristics of friendship - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Companionship
-Respect
-Acceptance
-Helpfulness
-Trust
-Loyalty (without sexual desire)
Sternberg's triangular theory of love - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Intimacy, passion, and commitment
-Liking, romantic, empty, consummate, infatuation, fatuous, compassionate
*Passion can diminish, KEY: turn passion --> intimacy
Liking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Intimacy only
Romantic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Intimacy/passion
Empty - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Commitment
Consummate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Intimacy, passion, and commitment
Infatuation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Passion only
, Fatuous - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Passion and communication
Companionate - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Intimacy and communication
What are challenges in relationships? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Lack of honesty and openness
-Unequal or premature commitment
-Unrealistic expectations (Expecting partner to change, assuming)
-Competitiveness (focus on fun)
-Balance of time together
-Jealousy (Insecurity and possessiveness - not an element of love)
Nonverbal communication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ability to interpret nonverbal messages
Verbal communication - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Listening
Feedback is constructive response
Conflict resolution skills - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Clarify the issue
-Find out what each person wants
-Brainstorming for options
-Decide how to negotiate
-Solidify agreements
-Review and renegotiate
Conflict resolution is vita for... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Maintaining intimate relationships
-must have trust in each other
Choosing a partner - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Similarities (to your own)