Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Physical Attractiveness, Angry Young Men, Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Cohabitation - living together in a sexually intimate relationship without being married cohabitation effect - association between premarital cohabitation and increased marital discord and divorce rates: experts project that over 90% of americans will marry at least once. Cultural in uences on marriage: modern western cultures are somewhat unusual in permitting free choice of one"s marital partner, marriages arranged by families remain common in cultures high in collectivism such as india, Monogamy is the practice of having only one spouse at a time. Polygamy is having more than one spouse at a time: practiced in countries such as algeria, chad, kuwait, and saudi arabia, most common in societies where women have little to no independence, access to education, or political power. Endogamy is the tendency for people to marry within their own social group: in 2010, 10% of all households reported an interracial marriage, up from 1% in 1970.