Chapter 11 Assignment

Answer the following questions (be sure to label and number them), and be sure to reply to at least two others’ posts with pertinent questions or responses: Should be 100 words per question

Friends:

1. What is the most valuable trait in a friend? Please list only one – the most valuable (making a list first might help you narrow it down).
2. Name your longest ongoing relationship and tell why you think it has lasted through the test of time.

Family:

1. For you, what is the best overall characteristic of your family?
2. If you had the power to change it, what one thing would you like to be different in your family dynamic?

Romantic:

1. Using Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love on page 327 of your textbook, list the three components in their order of importance to you, and explain why that order is important to you.
2. Reveal whether you ever have or have not met a romantic partner through social media. If you have, please share if it was positive or negative. If you have not, tell us why you have chosen not to pursue that way of meeting a prospective partner.

Intimacy:

1. After experiencing the videos Emotional Intimacy: The Missing Piece to Many Relationships and The Anatomy of Intimacy, share your thoughts.