Lecture Outline for March 7, 2000
Enduring Relationships


I. Characteristics

• A. Variability
  
  
• B. Duration
  
  
• C. Frequency
  
  
• D. Revelation
  
  
• E. Meshing
  
  
• F. Mutual Interdependence
  
  
• G. Anxiety Reduction
  
  
• H. Proximity
  
  
• I. Systemic
  
  
• J. Momentum and Trajectory
  
  
• K. Ritual and Reciprocity
  
  
• L. Intimacy
  
  
• M. History
  
  

II. Relational Contradictions (Dialectics)

• A. Idealization vs. Realization
  
  
• B. Dependence vs. Independence
  
  
• C. Honesty vs. Dishonesty
  
  
• D. Optimality vs. Satisfaction
  
  
• E. Love vs. Comfort
  
  
• F. Altruism vs. Selfishness
  
  
• G. Privacy vs. Openness
  
  
• H. Happiness vs. Non-Happiness
  
  
• I. Attention vs. Smothering
  
  

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