Exam 5: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds

Prager lists five different levels of intimacy contexts. What are they?

How does the text define "intimacy"? To what does "intimacy" refer in a discussion of personal relationships?

Erikson's eight stages of man were formulated to put forth the notion that our social and emotional development is a temporary process.

The text lists three key points from Angela Huebner's discussion of psychosocial changes during puberty. What are they?

Marriage therapist Edward Waring describes eight components that comprise intimacy. This component addresses how couples manage the inevitable conflict that occurs within the relationship, and how they resolve differences of opinion.

Explain the basic premise of the intergenerational family theory.

During the end of junior high (8th or 9th grade) and throughout high school, peer groups are seen as in transition. During this time, smaller cliques are formed within the larger crowd. Which of Dunphy's friendship development stages does this describe?

With regards to intimacy barriers, researchers have found that the ________ and the family's ________ to be essential components in establishing intimacy.

Sociologist Robert Weiss' discussion of sociability (or friendliness) suggests that when people form close interpersonal relationships, five essential psychological needs are met that cannot be met in other forms of impersonal human contact. List and describe them.

Marriage therapist Edward Waring describes eight components that comprise intimacy. This component speaks to how each partner relates to each other, work together, and play together.

________ are those in which an individual has any number of casual relationships; however, these relationships are devoid of depth and commitment.

We can think of intimacy as a continuum; at the one end is total isolation and at the other end there exists total enmeshment. Neither extreme is healthy. Explain this continuum using your own examples.

Orlofsky and his colleagues identified five intimacy statuses, one of which is the "intimate." Describe this status.

________ suggests that patterns of relational functioning (including intimacy) are passed down from generation to generation.

According to Prager, there are five different levels of intimacy contexts. The ________ includes the couple's social network, including each partner's family, peer relationships, neighborhood, and the community in which the couple lives.

According to Waring, maintaining autonomy from one's family of origin is important in sustaining intimacy with a partner.

Intimacy is not a universal human need.

Which of the following is NOT a key point of Huebner's discussion of psychosocial changes during puberty?

In this, one of Dunphy's earlier stages of friendship development, the support of friends is often replaced by an intimate partner with whom young adults now share and disclose. Because of this, friendship groups become more loosely associated.

According to Prager, there are five different levels of intimacy contexts. The ________ is the over-arching umbrella that contains such factors as the norms, beliefs, and ideals of the culture and subcultures in which couples live and relate.