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| Seeking: Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World | |
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| UnderstandiNG: Learning about Intimate Behavior | |
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| Gender: The Meanings of Masculinity & Femininity | |
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| Love: The Many Faces | |
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| Involvement: Dating, Pairing, Courtship, & Cohabitation Chapter | |
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| CommunicatiON: Realizing Effective Intimacy | |
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| Sexuality: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, & Behavior | |
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| Marriage: The Ultimate Commitment? | |
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| Variations Nonmarital Families & Households | |
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| ReproductiON: Decisions about Having or Not Having Children | |
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| Parenting: Children, Families, & Generations | |
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| Work: Economics, Jobs, & Balancing Family Demands | |
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| Crises: Managing Stress, Disaster, Violence, & Abuse | |
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| Uncoupling: Separation & Divorce | |
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| Remarriage: Reinvented, Renewed, & Blended Families | |
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| All Chapters end with Key Terms Used in This Chapter , Summary , and Taking It to the Net | |
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| Seeking: Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World | |
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| Seeking Happiness through Love & Intimacy | |
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| Intimacy, Marriage, & Family | |
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| The Challenges to Relationships & Families Today | |
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| Self-Assessment: The RELATE and READY Relationship Questionnaires | |
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| Understanding: Learning about Intimate Behavior | |
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| A Short History of Marriage | |
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| Learning How to Think: Keys to Being Open- Minded | |
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| How Do You Know What's True? Learning to Evaluate Research Results | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives on the Family | |
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| Self-Assessment: Gaining Self-Knowledge from the Harvard Project Implicit Website | |
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| Gender: The Meanings of Masculinity & Femininity | |
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| Understanding Gender & Gender Roles | |
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| Why Do Gender Roles Differ? Some Theories | |
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| Gender Socialization: Who Teaches Us How to Act Male or Female? | |
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| Gender Roles in Transition: Multiple Masculinities & Femininities | |
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| Self-Assessment: What's Your Gender Communications Quotient? | |
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| Love: The Many Faces | |
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| Can We Define Love? | |
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| The Origins of Love: Some Theories | |
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| The Dark Face of Love: Jealousy, Unrequited Love, & Attempts to Control | |
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| How Can You Tell Whether It's Meaningful Love? | |
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| Self-Assessment: How Capable Are You of Being Intimate? | |
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| Involvement: Dating, Pairing, Courtship, & Cohabitation | |
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| The Dating Game | |
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| Pairing Up: Finding & Choosing a Partner | |
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| Cohabitation: Living Together as an Unmarried Couple | |
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| Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | |
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| Self-Assessment: How Compatible Are You & Your Prospective Partner? | |
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| Communication: Realizing Effective Intimacy | |
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| Power & Intimacy | |
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| Conflict & Growth | |
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| The Nature of Communication | |
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| Self-Assessment: Accepting Your Partner | |
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| Sexuality: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, & Behavior | |
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| Sexual Values, Learning, & Scripts | |
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| The Varieties of Sexual Experience | |
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| AIDS & Other Sexual Diseases | |
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| Self-Assessment: Test Your Knowledge of Sexuality | |
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| Marriage: The Ultimate Commitment? | |
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| Why Do People Marry? | |
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| Changes in the Family Life Cycle: Scenes from a Marriage | |
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| Different Kinds of Marriage Relationships | |
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| What Makes for a Successful Marriage? | |
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| Variations Nonmarital Families & Households | |
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| Different Family & Household Relationships | |
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| The Single Way of Life | |
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| The Gay & Lesbian Way of Life | |
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| Communal Living, Group Marriages, & Open Marriages | |
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| Self-Assessment: Homophobia Scale | |
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| Reproduction: Decisions about Having or Not Having Children | |
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| Having or Not Having Children: Choice or Fate? | |
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| Contraception: Practical Methods of Birth Control | |
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| Abortion & Abandonment | |
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| Infertility, Reproductive Technology, & Adoption | |
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| Self-Assessment: How Would You Deal with an Unexpected Pregnancy? | |
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| Parenting: Children, Families, & Generations | |
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| Parenthood: The Varieties of Experience | |
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| Becoming a Parent | |
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| Parenting Approaches | |
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| The Aging Family: When Parents & Children Get Older | |
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| Self-Assessment: Assessing Your Readiness to Become a Parent | |
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| Work: Economics, Jobs, & Balancing Family Demands | |
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| Work,Wealth, & Well-Being | |
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| Changing Family Work Patterns | |
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| Balancing Work & Family Demands: Some Practical Strategies | |
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| Self-Assessment: How Well Do You Balance Work & Life? | |
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| Crises: Managing Stress, Disaster, Violence, & Abuse | |
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| Popular Culture & The Media Crises: A Way of Life? | |
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| On The Web Dealing with the Ultimate Crisis | |
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| Stresses, Hassles, & Crises: Seeking Hardiness | |
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| Crises & Disasters | |
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| Violence & Abuse: The Dark Side of Intimate Relationships | |
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| Coping Strategies: Successful Ways of Handling Stresses & Crises | |
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| Self-Assessment: Major Life Events & Stress | |
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| Uncoupling: Separation & Divorce | |
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| Separation, Divorce, & Trends | |
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| Why People Divorce | |
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| The Process of Divorce | |
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| The Effects of Divorce | |
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| Self-Assessment: How's Your Marital Adjustment? | |
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| Remarriage: Reinvented, Renewed, & Blended Families | |
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| Moving toward Remarriage | |
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| Remarried & Blended Families | |
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| Inside the Blended Family | |
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| Strengthening Stepfamilies | |
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| Self-Assessment: Rate Your Family's Strengths | |