Module 2 Instructions (Start Here)

Learning Objectives

Being Single: 

• Identify the percentages of people in the U.S. population who are married, single, widowed, and divorc3d and point out cultural and ethnic differences. 
• Understand the reasons for marital delay and the reasons some people remain permanently single. 
• Process the advantages and disadvantages of being single, including health and well-being
• Describe the need singles have for companionship, the difference between loneliness and aloneness, and the differences between males and females in relation to companionship issues.
• Discuss the sexual behavior of singles.
• Compare singles with marrieds in terms of employment and level of income.
• Discuss special issues for single-parent families.
• Discuss the life situations of older, never-married adults.

Attraction and Dating: 

• Discuss and evaluate the factors that contribute to attraction.
• Trace history of courtship from colonial America to present day.
• Summarize the reasons for dating.
• Explain how dating can be functional or dysfunctional as a means of partner selection.
• Discuss the ways of finding and meeting dates, including advantages and disadvantages of each.
• Describe the changes in gender roles and dating.
• Relate and explain some of the major problems in dating, such as achieving honesty and openness, jealously, maintaining extradyadic relationships, and getting too serious.
• Discuss the problem of sexual aggression in dating.
• Discuss the problem of violence and dating.
• Explain how and why relationships end.

Student Learning Outcomes: 

1. Identify characteristics and behaviors associated with developing and sustaining successful relationships across the family life cycle.
2. Identify the different types of families and recognize and respect the influence of alternative lifestyles and culture on the individual and marriage and family relationships.

Readings & Other Learning Materials: 

• Read Chapters 3-4 in textbook
• Complete & Submit Genogram Workbook
• Watch YouTube Video On Depression: Coping with Depression Links to an external site.

ASSIGNMENTS

• Discussion 5: Married Vs. Never Married Activity
  • Important to starting a dialogue about the overall impact of dual income families in society.
  • Critical thinking: evaluating a video source of information. 
• Discussion 6: How Do We Select Our Mate?
  • Self-examination and discussion on mate selection to increase self-awareness of students regarding this topic. 
• Complete Genogram Work
  • Necessary step in the creation of a genogram providing students with prompts in order to analyze family of origin dynamics. 
• Module 2 Reading Quiz:
  • Chapters 3-4