Understand and explore the definition and characteristics of various types of love and how they relate to marriage, sex, and other intimate relationships.
Romantic Love
Erotic Love
Dependent love: Maslow’s theory of love as need
Friendship love
Altruistic love: Fromm’s four components of altruistic love
Complete love
Develop a general understanding of Sternberg’s view of components of love.
Describe how love attitudes of men and women are similar and change over time.
Explain the psychodynamic theories of mate selection: parent image theory and ideal mate theory.
Describe the traditional exchange theory of mate selection and equity theory.
Explain the components of the developmental process theory of mate selection.
Describe how family background factors are related to mate selection.
Describe how personal characteristics influence mate selection.
Define cohabitation, including the various types, and evaluate its effect on subsequent marriage.
Discuss marriage as a civil contract and summarize the major legal requirements regulating marriage.
Discuss the need to prepare for marriage and the roles of education, premarital assessment, and counseling.
Describe the functions of engagement as a rite of passage and the wedding as a religious civil rite.
Qualities of Successful Marriage
Discuss various criteria of a successful marriage, including durability, approximation of ideals, fulfillment of needs, and satisfaction.
Identify what makes some marriages happy and others miserable, according to John Gottman.
Discuss the relationship between sex and a happy marriage and what factors account for sexual satisfaction in a marriage.
Identify and explain the 12 qualities of successful marriages that are described in the textbook: communication; admiration and respect; companionship; spirituality and values; commitment; affection; the ability to deal with crises and stress; responsibility; unselfishness; empathy and sensitivity; honesty, trust, and fidelity; and adaptability, flexibility, and tolerance.
Describe potential problems in marriages that often can be seen before the couple actually gets married.
Discuss how and why the newlywed years are important predictors of marital satisfaction.
Explain why some people regret their choice of mate.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Identify characteristics and behaviors associated with developing and sustaining successful relationships across the family life cycle.
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.
Identify potential problems that take place in marriages and families and demonstrate attitudes and behaviors needed to adjust and cope.
Discussion 7: What is the difference between liking and loving someone?
This discussion will be a part of a breakout session on Tuesday October 6th at the end of class.
We are going to do the same assigned roles for this discussion as last week, but you will each do a different role and will have more time in the groups.
Discussion 8: Genograms
This discussion will be an opportunity to talk with your peers about genograms and allow space for any questions
You will also get an opportunity to interpret a genogram in a break out session leading to greater understanding of the symbols.
Genogram Assignment 2: Creating a Simple Genogram
This assignment will be linked to a breakout session on genograms at the end of class on 10/13/20
Each breakout group will be given a genogram to interpret and answer questions
Chapter 5-6 Reading Quiz & Check-in
These will be due at the end of Module 3
Reading quiz will primarily have questions from the readings and to a lesser degree the lectures.