PSY 119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hispanic And Latino Americans, Gender Role, Gordon G. Gallup
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According to westerners, traditional marriage constitutes a couple who: Divide work and family roles among typical gender lines. Single-earner husband and homemaker wife, having kids. Living together in even drastic circumstances without divorcing. Marriage expands family networks, builds community, merges resources, supports offspring, and legitimizes inheritances. In other words, marriage helps people meet core needs by connecting us to one another. Human relations: humans are a social species hardwired to form connections with each other. Having frequent affectively positive interactions with a small number of other people helps satisfy the psychological need to belong. People with larger social networks live longer on average. Women spend more time with their social networks than men. Extended family plays a larger role in the social networks of latinx americans than white. Friendships tend to be defined more bt the closeness and quality of the connection that people share.
