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Marriages, Families, and Intimate Relationships : A Practical Introduction
ISBN: 9780205521456 | 0205521452
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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This book provides timely, practical, and high-interest information about marriages, families, and intimate relationships, in an engaging format that is easy-to-use and learn from. Feature such as "Popular Culture and the Media," "Practical Action," and "Numbers that Matter" help grab and keep readers' attention.The new edition has been updated to include coverage of important issues, topics, and research from the past few years. Examples of new topics covered include: state abortion law updates, abstinence education controversy, adultolescents... MORE
| Seeking | |
| Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World | |
| Popular Culture & The Media | |
| What Is It That We Seek? | |
| On The Web | |
| What Do You Seek in Love & Intimacy? | |
| Seeking Happiness through Love & Intimacy Marriage & Well-Being | |
| Numbers That Matter: Marriage, Families, & Happiness Love, Marriage, & Happiness Love, Appreciation, & Happiness How Happy Are... MORE | |
| Example Of Practicing Appreciation & Love: Finding Meaning & Joy amid Sorrow | |
| Practical Action: Happiness: Is It within Your Grasp? | |
| The Challenges of Love, Work, & Raising Children | |
| Intimacy, Marriage, & Family | |
| What Is the Expression of Intimacy? | |
| The Three Dimensions of Breadth, Openness, & Depth What Is Marriage? | |
| What Is a Family? | |
| The Challenges to Relationships & Families Today Why Have Families at All? | |
| Four Benefits Today s Changing Families: Economic Trends Today s Changing Families | |
| Demographic Trends Your Personal Exploration Self-Assessment | |
| The Relate and Ready | |
| Relationship Questionnaires Key Terms Used in This | |
| Chapter Summary Take It to the Net | |
| Understanding | |
| Learning about Intimate Behavior | |
| Popular Culture & The Media Advertising Doesn t Affect Me | |
| On The Web Understanding Advertising | |
| A Short History of Marriage American Families in the Colonial Era | |
| Numbers That Matter: How Times Have | |
| Changed Families in the 19th & Early 20th Centuries Families in the Modern Era | |
| The Family in the 1960s 2000s: In Decline? | |
| Recent History: Late 20th-Century Immigration | |
| Learning How to Think | |
| Keys to Being Open- Minded Uncritical Thinking & Magical Thinking | |
| The Steps in Critical | |
| Thinking Mindfulness: Taking Active Control | |
| Practical Action: Tools for Reasoning | |
| How Do You Know What s True? | |
| Learning to Evaluate Research Results | |
| Survey Research: Collecting Data by Questionnaire or Interview from Representative Samples | |
| Clinical Research: In-Depth Examination of Individuals or Groups in Counseling | |
| Observational Research: Observing People in Their Usual Surroundings | |
| Experimental Research: Measuring Behavior under Controlled Conditions | |
| Other Kinds of Research | |
| Trying to Be Objective: How Do You Know What s True? | |
| Theoretical Perspectives on the Family Two Types of Theories: Macro-Level versus Micro-Level Orientations | |
| The Structural-Functional Perspective: The Family Is a Social Institution Performing Essential Functions | |
| The Conflict Perspective: Conflict & Change, Not Harmony, Is the Normal State of the Family | |
| The Symbolic Interaction Perspective: People s Interactions Ultimately Determine Their Behavior | |
| The Family Systems Perspective: Family Members Are Interconnected, & Changes in One Affect Others | |
| The Social Exchange Perspective: Individuals Seek the Most Benefits & the Least Costs in a Relationship | |
| The Feminist Perspective: Inequality between Men & Women Results from Male Dominance | |
| The Ecological Perspective: The Family Is Influenced by & Influences Its Environment | |
| The Family Development Perspective: Individuals & Families Change through | |
| Stages of Life Is Any Perspective Better | |
| Than Any Other? | |
| Different Folks, Different Families Self-Assessment: Gaining Self-Knowledge from the Harvard | |
| Project Implicit Website | |
| Key Terms Used in This | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Take It to the Net | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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