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Marriages, Families, and Intimate Relationships Census Update, Books a la Carte Plus MyFamilyLab

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ISBN-10: 0205204082

ISBN-13: 9780205204083

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Brian K. Williams, Stacey C. Sawyer, Carl M. Wahlstrom

List price: $118.30
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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. What is the Pearson Census Update Edition? The Census Update edition incorporates 2010 Census data into a course–simply and easily. The components of the Census Update Program are as follows:Census Update Edition -Features fully updated data throughout the text–including all charts and graphs–to reflect the results of the 2010 Census. This edition also includes a reproduction of the 2010 Census Questionnaire for your students to explore in detail.2010 Census Update Primer -A brief seven-chapter overview of the…    
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List price: $118.30
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/28/2011
Binding: Mixed Media
Size: 8.40" wide x 10.80" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 3.190
Language: English

BRIAN K. WILLIAMS is married to Stacey Sawyer and they live near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and share an avid interest in seeing college students become well-educated. Over the past two decades, they have individually or together authored more than 25 books,in such subjects as health, college success, and computers and information technology.He has been Managing Editor for college textbook publisher Harper & Row/Canfield Press in San Francisco; Editor in Chief for trade book publisher J. P. Tarcher in Los Angeles; Publications & Communications Manager for the University of California, Systemwide Administration, in Berkeley; and an independent writer and book producer based in the San Francisco and…    

BRIAN K. WILLIAMS is married to Stacey Sawyer and they live near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and share an avid interest in seeing college students become well-educated. Over the past two decades, they have individually or together authored more than 25 books,in such subjects as health, college success, and computers and information technology.He has been Managing Editor for college textbook publisher Harper & Row/Canfield Press in San Francisco; Editor in Chief for trade book publisher J. P. Tarcher in Los Angeles; Publications & Communications Manager for the University of California, Systemwide Administration, in Berkeley; and an independent writer and book producer based in the San Francisco and…    

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