According to the Corey's love does not involve?
Emotional disengagement
In order to harden ourselves so that we won't experience a need for love, we can?
Close ourselves from others, isolate ourselves by never reaching out to another, refuse
to trust others and make ourselves vulnerable, cling to an early perception that we are
basically unlovable.
The following is a misconception about love
When we love someone, we do not need to have other relationships
The following is a rebuttal to the myth of eternal love
While love can last over a period of time, it is to be expected that it will take on different
forms as the relationship matures
An "impaired giver" is a person who?
They have a high need to take care of others yet appear to have no ability to make their
own needs known.
A common barrier to loving and being loved is?
A lack of self-love
A person whose love is NOT authentic
has responsibility toward the person love.
Love means making a commitment to the person I love, which
entails a willingness to stay with each other in times of pain, uncertainty, struggle, and
despair, as well as in times of calm and enjoyment
If I am overly dependent on my relationship for meaning and survival, then I am?
Likely to settle for less
Self-love is?
Recognizing that others love and appreciate us, and accepting these factors to reach
our full potential
When we avoid intimacy, we?
, Diminish ourselves
According to the Coreys, each of the following is characteristic of meaningful
relationships except
Each person expects the other to take responsibility for his or her happiness.
Robert and Nancy have a meaningful, sexual relationship. They are aware that the
intensity and novelty of their relationship has lessened after a period of being
together. They can attempt to keep the romance alive by?
Go places they haven't before and ask what each other want during love making
All the following are barriers to communication except:
making genuine contact by openly expressing what you think and feel.
Empathy, which is a basic component in any interpersonal relationship, is best
understood as
Entering another's world by listening with understanding
In dealing effectively with anger and conflict in relationships it is best to avoid?
Overreacting, saying things you will later regret and walking away
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals are frequently confronted with?
Heterosexualism, interpersonal discrimination, verbal harassment and institutional
discrimination
The Coreys' guidelines for meaningful relationships can be applied to what types
of relationships?
Pertain to couples and also relevant to other personal relationships
The absence of conflict in a relationship
is not as important as being able to deal with conflict constructively.
Forgiveness is?
Concluding any anger or conflict you may have for someone and almost letting it go
According to the Coreys, what is happening to the traditional male role?
Continue to exert a powerful influence on many men
The one characteristic that is not listed as part of the all-American male image is
he tends to have many close male friends.
The price men pay for living by stereotypical standards is (are)?
Lose sense of self and strive towards others