| A | B |
|---|
| social clock | the culturally set timetable at which key life events are deemed appropriate |
| cohabitation | arrangement in which two unrelated adults of the opposite sex live together |
| patriarchal terrorsim | abusive relationship that leads to battered-wife syndrome |
| heterogamy | a marriage between people with dissimilar interests and backgrounds |
| marital equity | the extent to which partners perceive equality in their relationship |
| exchange theory | predicts succes in marriages in ewhich each partner contributes something useful to the other |
| social homogomy | the similarity with which a couple regard leisure interests and role preferences |
| glass ceiling | an invisible barrier to career advancement |
| homogamy | a marriage between people with similar interests and backgrounds |
| common couple violence | abusive relationship that tends to improve with time |
