Making Relationships Better

Lecture Description

Course Description

Professors Benjamin Karney and Thomas Bradbury lecture on families and couples. This course examines relationships and their connection to individual psychopathology, marital discord, and family disruption.

Course Index

1. Course Introduction: Families and Couples
2. Methods of Studying Families and Couples
3. Theories of Intimate Relationships, Part 1
4. Theories of Intimate Relationships, Part 2
5. Sex and Gender Orientation
6. Attraction
7. Individuals in Intimate Relationships
8. Attachment
9. Marriage
10. Managing Differences in Families and Couples, Part 1
11. Managing Differences in Families and Couples, Part 2
12. Beliefs and Values
13. Processing Information
14. Marital Disruption
15. Making Relationships Better
16. Intimacy Across the Lifespan
17. Course Conclusion: Families and Couples