Dating
-The age that people start dating gets younger throughout the years
- Conjugal courtship: someway of meeting people. Dating is a way to do that
Stages of Dating
- Group dating
- double dating: explicit pairs, pairing off
-Individual dating
- casual: uncommitted people. recreation socialization
- committed: going steady
functions
- recreation
-socialization
- status attainment
-intimacy communication
- mate selection
Why do people date?
companionship, entertainment, security, emotional support, intimacy, societal pressure, sex
Waller
rating and dating -> who you dated
Top problem
Boy- communication problems, shy
problems with dating
getting a date
- girls, got to wait to be asked
-boys, dont want to get rejected
-The age that people start dating gets younger throughout the years
- Conjugal courtship: someway of meeting people. Dating is a way to do that
Stages of Dating
- Group dating
- double dating: explicit pairs, pairing off
-Individual dating
- casual: uncommitted people. recreation socialization
- committed: going steady
functions
- recreation
-socialization
- status attainment
-intimacy communication
- mate selection
Why do people date?
companionship, entertainment, security, emotional support, intimacy, societal pressure, sex
Waller
rating and dating -> who you dated
Top problem
Boy- communication problems, shy
problems with dating
getting a date
- girls, got to wait to be asked
-boys, dont want to get rejected