Making a Commitment
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: Love: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Grade Level: Adult
- Subjects: Sociology, Psychology, Relationships / Family / Parenting
- Produced By: Governors State University
- Year: 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 57m 39s
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Explores how the motivations behind commitment affect its consequences. The class learns the difference between "constraint" commitment and "dedicated" commitment, and lecture reveals how the two commitment styles correlate with stability and happiness. Discussion touches on such factors as the social and financial "survival" benefits of both commitment styles, the value of friendship in a love relationship, and how commitment to one person invariably alters outside relationships with others.