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Marriages, Families, and Intimate Relationships: A Practical Introduction
Brian K. Williams
Stacey C. Sawyer
Carl M. Wahlstrom, Genesee Community College

ISBN-10: 0205366740
ISBN-13: 9780205366743

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 624 pp
Status: Temporarily out of stock

This item has been replaced by Marriages, Families, and Intimate Relationships: A Practical Introduction, 2/E .

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.

  • A unique format and pedagogical plan make this book easy to read, review, and learn from:
    • "Major Questions" corresponding to the main chapter sections begin each chapter, provoking students to think and motivating them to learn.  
    • "On the Web" directs students to a Website where they will get a close-up look at one of the topics discussed in the chapter, encouraging them to think and talk about this topic right away.
    • "What’s Ahead in this Chapter" provides an overview of the material to come in the chapter, while Previews serve the same purpose for major chapter sections.
    • The contemporary, magazine-like layout visually organizes material so it is easy for students to see entire concepts at one time.
    • Each major topic is organized into easily-manageable units of study, chunking texts into smaller sections and making innovative use of photographs and other graphics.
  • "Popular Culture and the Media" boxes help students separate fact from myth by showing examples of messages (often false or misleading) that we receive from the mass media about marriage and intimate relationships.
  • "Practical Action" boxes provide concrete advice that students will find beneficial in their personal and work lives.
  • "Numbers that Matter" boxes in each chapter provide statistics that will stimulate class discussion and help students focus on important data on race, ethnicity, gender, and age as this relates to marriages, families and intimate relationships.
  • Self Assessments enable students to discover how they feel about the chapter topic and help students see that relationships and family life are skills and processes, rather than something that just “happens” to them.
  • Special Supplements:
    • RELATE and READY—RELATE and READY are comprehensive self-assessment inventories developed by a team of marriage and family professionals and researchers. RELATE is for those who are married, living together, or in a serious dating relationship. READY is for anyone who wants to learn more about how prepared he or she is to enter into a serious relationship. Either inventory can be completed online at the same Website; students who complete one or the other instantly receive an extensive report analyzing their responses.   Available to students at a special discounted price when the RELATE and READY User Guide is packaged upon request with this text.
    • Marriage and Family Classroom Video—This exclusive video is available only from Allyn & Bacon, and records the experiences of real students.   Topics include pregnancy/labor/birth, parenting, dating, cohabitation, contemplating marriage, single parenting, and divorce.
    • Video Workshop for Marriage and Family—VideoWorkshop is a supplement that brings marriage and family concepts to life with high quality video footage, on an easy-to-use CD-ROM. The VideoWorkshop CD-ROM contains to same footage as the Marriage and Family Classroom Video. Each video segment is paired with a set of observation questions and activities in the accompanying Student Guide. The VideoWorkshop Student Guide With CD-ROM is packaged free on request with this text. The Instructor Guide With CD-ROM includes the complete contents of the Student Guide, plus an overview of each video segment, and teaching suggestions  
    • The Instructor’s Manual includes sections on Teaching Marriage and Family to a Diverse Audience, Teaching with Video, and a guide to using the RELATE and READY self-assessments in the classroom.

1. SEEKING: Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World.

1.1 Seeking Happiness Through Love & Intimacy.

1.2 Intimacy, Marriage, & Family.

1.3 The Challenges to Relationships & Families Today.

Self-Assessment: The RELATionship Evaluation Questionnaire   .

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

2. UNDERSTANDING: Learning about Intimate Behavior.

2.1 A Short History of Marriage.

2.2 Learning How to Think: Keys to Being Open-Minded.

2.3 How Do You Know What’s True? Learning to Evaluate Research Results.

2.4 Theoretical Perspectives on the Family.

Self-Assessment: Gaining Self-Knowledge from the Harvard Project Implicit Website.

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

3. GENDER: The Meanings of Masculinity & Femininity.

3.1 Understanding Gender & Gender Roles.

3.2 Why Did Do Gender Roles Develop Differently Differ? Some Theories.

3.3 Gender Socialization: Who Teaches Us How to Act Male or Female?

3.4 Gender Roles in Transition: Multiple Masculinities & Femininities.

Self-Assessment: What’s Your Gender Communications Quotient?

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

4. LOVE: The Many Faces.

4.1 How Do Different People Experience Love Can We Define Love?

4.2 The Origins of Love: Some Theories.

4.3 The Dark Face of Love: Jealousy, Unrequited Love, & Attempts to Control.

4.4 How Can You If It’s Whether It’s Meaningful Love?

Self-Assessment: How Capable Are You of Being Intimate?

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

5. INVOLVEMENT: Dating, Pairing, Courtship, & Cohabitation.

5.1 The Dating Game.

5.2 Pairing Up: Finding & Choosing a Partner.

5.3 Cohabitation: Living Together as an Unmarried Couple.

5.4 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.

Self-Assessment: How Compatibles Are You& Your Prospective Partner?

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

6. SEXUALITY: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, & Behavior.

6.1 Sexual Values, Learning, & Scripts.

6.2 The Varieties of Sexual Experience.

6.3 AIDS, Other Sexual Diseases, & Safer Sex.

Self-Assessment: Test Your Knowledge of Sexuality.

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

7. MARRIAGE: The Ultimate Commitment?

7.1 Why Do People Marry?

7.2 Changes in the Family Life Cycle: Scenes from a Marriage.

7.3 Different Kinds of Marriage Relationships.

7.4 What Makes for a Successful Marriage?

Self-Assessment: Sternberg’s Triangular Love Scale.

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

8. VARIATIONS: Nonmarital Families and & Households.

8.1 Different Family & Household Relationships.

8.2 The Single Way of Life.

8.3 The Gay & Lesbian Way of Life.

8.4 Communal Living, Group Marriages, & Open Marriages.

Self-assessment: Homophobia Scale.

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

9. COMMUNICATION: Realizing Effective Intimacy.

9.1 Power & Intimacy.

9.2 Conflict & Growth.

9.3 The Nature of Communication.

Self-Assessment: Accepting Your Partner.

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

10. REPRODUCTION: Decisions about Having or Not Having Children.

10.1 Having or Not Having Children: Choice or Fate?

10.2 Contraception: Practical Methods of Birth Control.

10.3 Abortion & Abandonment.

10.4 Infertility, Reproductive Technology, & Adoption.

Self-Assessment: How Would You Deal with an Unexpected Pregnancy?

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

11. PARENTING: Successfully Raising Children.

11.1 Parenthood: The Varieties of Experience.

11.2 Becoming a Parent.

11.3 Parenting Approaches.

12. MONEY WORK: Economics, Work Jobs, & Balancing Family Demands.

12.1 Work, Wealth, & Well-Being.

12.2 Changing Family Work Patterns of Workin g .

12.3 Balancing Work & Family Demands: Some Practical Strategies.

Customized Work Arrangements.

Self-Assessment: How Well Do You Balance Work & Life?

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

Take It to the Net.

13. CRISES: Managing Stresses, Disasters, Violence, & Abuse.

13.1 Stresses, Hassles, & Crises: Seeking Hardiness.

13.2 Crises & Disasters.

13.3 Violence & Abuse between Couples : The Dark Side of Intimate Relationships.

13.4 Coping Strategies: Successful Ways of Handling Stresses & Crises.

Self-Assessment: Major Like Events & Street.

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

Take it to the Net.

14. UNCOUPLING: Separation & Divorce.

14.1 Separation, Divorce, & Trends.

14.2 Why People Divorce.

14.3 The Process of Divorce.

14.4 The Effects of Divorce.

Self-Assessment: How’s Your Marital Adjustment?

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

Take it to the Net.

15. REMARRIAGE: Reinvented, Renewed, & Blended Families.

15.1 Moving t T oward Remarriage.

15.2 Remarried & Blended Families.

15.3 Inside the Blended Family.

15.4 Strengthening Stepfamilies.

Self-Assessment: Rate Your Family’s Strengths.

Key Terms Used in This Chapter.

Summary.

Take it to the Net.

Glossary.

 

Bibliography.

 

Credits.

 

Index.

 

Pedagogy

 

With my students in mind, I really appreciated clarity of key concepts and topics.  This also makes it easy to re-read the chapter before the test.  The learning lab also is a great help, and information on internet sites is up to date with current ways of doing research and learning.   

Annette Schonder

Orange Coast College

 

 

The William’s text is wonderfully reader friendly in that it is written in a style that draws the reader in and invites learning. The layout is easy on the eyes with many helpful headings announcing to the reader the more important concepts.

I highly value the practical advice offered to the reader; it makes learning useful.

Dr. Kenneth Smylie

Santa Fe Community College

 

 

"One of the best things about it is the way it’s organized and broken into small sections.  I like the “questions for thought” at the beginning of each section of each chapter.  Also, the “preview” helps focus the reader’s thoughts on the topic. This would be an excellent text for an introductory “marriage & family” or “intimate relationships” course. "

Joy Jacobs

Michigan State University

 

My favorite part of the chapter was the opening vignette. It immediately caught my attention and made me want to read on. It provides a real life scenario that provokes students to think and motivates them to dive into the chapter.

Naima Prince

Santa Fe Community College

 

 

Writing Style

 

To me, the writing style in the Williams, Sawyer & Wahlstrom text is personalized and the study of marriage and family is brought to life through relevance to everyday life. Indeed, reading the text is very much like having a conversation with an enthusiastic sociologist.

Naima Prince

Santa Fe Community College

 

 

Diversity

Because of the internationalization [at my school], I also greatly appreciate the information that was included on other cultures.

Naima Prince

Santa Fe Community College

 

 

Design & Layout

 

I personally enjoyed not having page after page of written word without any other visual stimulation.  This makes reading interesting on another level.

Annette Schnoder

Orange Coast College 

 

 

The layout design is very colorful.  I particularly liked the Self-Assessment tool at the end of the chapter and the Take It to the Net section.

Lillian Dees

Texas State University

 

 

 

 

Chapter 14. Uncoupling: Separation and Divorce

 

The chapter on Uncoupling was very interesting and organized.  The reader is assisted with color in the headers.  Also, a concise, to the point preview is provided before a new topic is tackled, and at the end of the chapter a good summary is provided....I felt that the chapter did not only teach the topic, but gave students information that will assist them in making better personal decisions regarding family and marriage.  I thought it was a nice touch to include a self-assessment on marital adjustment.   Lastly, it was pleasant and concise reading.

Annette Schonder

Orange Coast College

 

I read chapter 14 on uncoupling and found it extremely helpful in exploring the many reasons for the high divorce rate in the United States today.  It offered reasons that make sense. The insights and practical advice were useful and clear.

Dr. Kenneth Smylie

Santa Fe Community College

 

Practicality
Readability
Student-centered approach to learning

This book offers practical advice on marriages, families, and other intimate relationships. As our world becomes more complicated, people find it more difficult to navigate intimate, lasting relationships. This book engages readers with high-interest, useful information, providing a research-based yet inviting introduction to finding personal happiness in an increasingly complex world.

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