HDFS 1610 Final Study Guide

What are the seven components of intimacy (know and be able to define each)?

• Knowledge - information: have extensive personal information about each other. 

• Caring - affection: generally speaking intimate partners feel more affection and feeling for their significant other than others. 

• Trust - can count on: we expect treatment from one another that is fair and kind. They will show up no matter what. 

• Responsiveness - attentive/supportive: normally more attentive to our needs and knows what to do in any situation. Matches your needs. 

• Commitment - expectations/work: work toward those expectations even when it's hard. 

• Interdependence - Influence: intimate partners have an enduring and strong influence over each other. What each other does affects each other. 

• Mutuality - “we-ness”: some degree of shared identity. Part of you identifies as a part of them. Development is important because you have to see yourself as a team to commit.

Understand the two dimensions that characterize adult attachment and how a person’s “position” on these dimensions is associated with their relationships

• Low avoidance of intimacy > high avoidance of intimacy.

• Low anxiety of fear of abandonment > high anxiety/fear of abandonment. 

Distinguish between sex differences, gender roles, and gender role differences in relationships

Understand how individual differences in personality traits and self-esteem influence relationships (i.e., what’s associated with more/less relationship success)

Relationship is more painful and have high anxiety of abandonment.

Distinguish between the two major research designs (correlational, experimental) and understand what we can and cannot conclude about relationships when using each design

Correlational: Positive: High x and high y correlate together. Negative: x and y do not correlate. High x low y and vice versa. No correlation: All over the place. 

Experimental: Answers the question, “if we change x, what happens to y” 

Understand the impact of time in relationship research (developmental designs) – distinguish
longitudinal/prospective, retrospective, cross-sectional

Longitudinal: Study changes in behavior or events over time.

Retrospective: Collect data one time. Events from the past and now.

Cross-Sectional: Compares participants at one point in time to assess change 

Distinguish types of sampling procedures used in relationship research and understand what we can and cannot conclude about relationships when using each.

Destiny beliefs in relationships

meant to be

Growth beliefs

they take work

positive illusions

partners in relationships in best light.

attributional processes and distinguish between those.