emonstrate your understanding of the official business of Social Science questions and hypotheses. In the discussion, explain how you revised your Guided Anticipation questions. Discuss how your ethical hypotheses could guide research to describe, predict, and explain factors that contribute to how an intimate relationship develops, stages or phases of intimate relationships, how social scientists explain intimate relationships, characteristics and influences on the development of intimate relationships, traditional and non-traditional relationships, and influences on decision making in intimate relationships.

Guided Anticipation questions

1. What qualities do you look for in a partner?

2. How have past relationships helped shape the type of partner you are looking for?

3. What aspects of a relationship do you find most important?

4. How do you handle conflict in a relationship?

5. What are your expectations for a committed relationship?

6. What do you believe is the key to a successful relationship?

7. How do you maintain a connection with your partner?

8. How do you express love and affection to your partner?

9. What are your biggest fears about intimacy and relationships?

10. What do you think are the biggest challenges in maintaining an intimate relationship?