FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Name Calling

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

In past, people married for political, economical, practical reasons: 50 years ago, 76% of women and 35% of men would have married an otherwise perfect partner who they did not love. Intimacy: feelings of warmth, understanding, communication, support and sharing, passion, physical arousal and desire, sexual longing, strong emotional need, commitment, decisions to devote oneself to a relationship and to work to maintain it. Intimacy communication: how can you tell if someone likes or is attracted to you, laughing at joke even if it"s not funny, erection, staring at you a lot, finding reasons so touch someone (socially appropriate, pupil dilation. How do you show love: telling them, being supportive, spending time with them, doing things for them, touching your partner. Conflict: is it bad: some researchers suggest that conflict is not itself bad. It is unavoidable: disagreement and anger exchanges among couples were not harmful in the long run, resolving conflict is important.