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Suggested Reading

(Classic) Christensen, A., & Heavy, C. L.

(1993). Gender differences in marital con-

flict: The demand/withdraw interaction

pattern. In S. Oskamp & M. Constanzo

(Eds.),Gender issues in contemporary society

(Vol. 6, pp. 113–141). New York: Sage.

Gottman, J. M. (1994).What predicts

divorce? The relationship between marital

processes and marital outcomes. Hillsdale,

NJ: Erlbaum.

Peplau, L., & Fingerhut, A. (2007). The close

relationships of lesbians and gay men.Annual

Review of Psychology,58,405–424.

Popenoe, D. (2008). Cohabitation, mar-

riage, and child well-being.The National

Marriage Project at Rutgers University

(pp. 1–22). Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers

University.

Wells, B. E., & Twenge, J. M. (2005).

Changes in young people’s sexual behav-

ior and attitudes, 1943–1999: A cross-

temporal meta-analysis.Review of General

Psychology, 9,249–261.

Key Terms

Agape—Pure love, a blend of eros and

storge.

Demand/withdraw pattern—Interaction

episode characterized by one person

demanding and the other person not

responding or withdrawing.

Equity—State of a relationship in which the

ratio of what one puts in and gets out of a

relationship equals that of the partner.

Emotional transmission—Situation in

which one person’s emotions influence

another person’s emotions.

Evolutionary theory—theory which states

that social behavior is shaped by survival of

genes.

Eros—Romantic love.

Ludus—Game-playing love.

Mania—Manic love, a blend of eros and

ludus.

Pragma—Practical love, a blend of storge

and ludus.

Script—Schema or cognitive representation

for a sequence of events.

Social constructionist theory—Theory

states that women’s and men’s behavior is

determined by the context in which they are

in, which includes the norms or rules of a

society.

Social exchange theory—Theory that

relationship satisfaction is partly a function

of the rewards and costs in the relationship.

Social role theory—Theory that states men’s

and women’s behavior is a function of the

roles that they hold in society.

Storge—Friendship love.

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