Building Relationships

Pregunta	Respuesta
involuntary temporary singles	Singles actively searching for a mate but unable to find a suitable one.
involuntary stable singles	Unmarried adults who can expect to be single for life even though they may not want to be.
cross-sex friendship	A friendship between a man and woman that is strictly platonic.
calling	A dating practice of the 18th and 19th centuries in which a young man would visit a young woman in her parent's home.
adolescence	The period of life that occurs between childhood and adulthood.
principle of least interest	The idea that unequal emotional involvement between romantic partners has implications for the quality and stability of relationships.
dating script	A set of expectations around dating that differ somewhat for men and women.
homogamous relationships	Relationships in which we spend most of our time with people who are very similar to ourselves.
propinquity	geographic closeness
pool of eligibles	The group from which we are likely to choose our mates.
selection effect	An explanation for the fact that people who cohabit tend to same ones who later divorce.
spurious	When a relationship between two variables is actually caused by a third variable.

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