What influences do gender roles, styles of attachment and friendship play in our identity and sense of self during childhood and later in life? What anxious/ambivalent attachments and how do they impact future relationships? What are anxious/avoidant attachments and how do they impact future relationships?
What are different parenting styles and how do they differ in demandingness and responsiveness?
What are three basic temperament types of children?
What is Sternberg’s “Love Triangle” theory? What are its elements and resulting types of love?
What is non-verbal communication and how much do we use it?
What are good communication skills? How gender communication patterns differ?
What is the process and strategies of conflict-resolution?
What are the traditional male-female dating patterns? How has dating in the 21st century changed and what roles do males and females play?
There are many types of families in the United States today (i.e. cohabitating, gay and lesbian partnerships, single/ single-parent families, married couples, and step/blended families). How prevalent is each type of family and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each? What are common qualities of successful families?

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