Other intimacy researchers expanded the intimacy statuses developed by Orlofsky et al. to include the merger status. Describe this status
What will be an ideal response?
The intimate status requires partners in a relationship to experience an equal balance of power (equity). When there is an imbalance of power with one partner dominating, the partner being dominated feels a subsequent loss of autonomy and sense of individual identity. Because of this imbalance of power, a relationship may appear to have depth and commitment, yet it cannot reach the full status of intimate.
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A) the fertility rate B) fecundity C) the crude birth rate D) morbidity
If in our research, we have observed that 10 individuals with characteristic X seem to be more committed to ideas about social equality than other individuals without that characteristic, we are making
a. unfounded assumptions. b. theories. c. empirical generalizations. d. deductive conclusions. e. hypotheses.
Which of the following statements about gender and loneliness is true?
A) Men are lonelier on average than women. B) Women are lonelier on average than men. C) In early adulthood, men are less lonely than women, but this trend reverses with age. D) Men rely more on other men to help with their loneliness.
After getting divorced, Guillermo's parents focus more on their own needs than his. They fight a lot and have poor communication. According to Kelly (2007), which of the following coparenting approaches is most likely exemplified in this scenario?
A. cooperative coparenting B. parental alienation C. parallel coparenting D. conflicted coparenting