PSY 379 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Child Support, Coparenting, Sensation Seeking

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 379
• Professor: Connie Beck

Document Summary

Tips: read and look over slides, look over quizzes, look for big themes throughout lectures. Common patterns occurring over time: first 4 years, romance fades, 7 year itch, 7th-8th year, recovers in middle age, when children leave. Emotional bank account: deposits (adding money, supportive behavior, kindness, emotional/physical support, withdrawals (losing money) find examples, contempt, disengagement, hostile criticism, 5:1 ratio if you constantly withdrawal from an account, you will have nothing left. You need to deposit in order to withdrawal to survive. Marriage: what is marriage, lifelong relationship between men and women, until recently. Common law marriages: 10 states, alabama, colorado, iowa, kansas, montana, new hampshire, rhode island, south carolina, texas, utah, washington dc, some native american tribes. If you move to a state that does not recognize clm you are still married- full faith and. Arizona: tennessee, georgia, mississippi, nevada, kentucky, alabama, alaska, arkansas, 1.