Marriages, Families, and Relationships

Mary Ann Lamanna is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Her research and teaching interests include family, reproduction, gender and law. Other research includes the sociology of literature -- specifically "novels of terrorism" -- and a sociological analysis of Marcel Proust's novel IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME. In addition to numerous articles in law, sociology and medical humanities journals, Dr. Lamanna is the author of EMILE DURKHEIM ON THE FAMILY (Sage, 2002) and co-author of a book on Vietnamese refugees. She received her bachelor's degree Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University (St. Louis) in political science, her master's degree in sociology (minor in psychology) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her doctorate in sociology from the University of Notre Dame. Agnes Riedmann is Professor Emerita of Sociology at California State University, Stanislaus. Her professional areas of interest are theory, family and the sociology of body image. Dr. Riedmann spent the 2008–09 academic year as a Fulbright Professor at the Graduate School for Social Research, affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, where she taught courses in family, social policy and globalization. She is author of SCIENCE THAT COLONIZES: A CRITIQUE OF FERTILITY STUDIES IN AFRICA (Temple University Press, 1993). Dr. Riedmann attended Clarke College, Dubuque, received her bachelor's degree from Creighton University and earned her doctorate from the University of Nebraska.

1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. 2. Cognition and the Brain: Basic Principles. 3. Perception. 4. Attention. 5. Short-Term and Working Memory. 6. Long-Term Memory: Basic Principles. 7. Everyday Memory and Memory Errors. 8. Knowledge. 9. Visual Imagery. 10. Language. 11. Problem Solving. 12. Reasoning and Decision Making.

• 1. Marriage, Relationships, and Family. Commitments: Making Choices in a Changing Society.2. Exploring Relationships and Families.3. American Families in Social Context.4. Our Gendered Identities.5. Our Sexual Selves.6. Love and Choosing a Life Partner.7. Marriage: From Social Institution to Private Relationship.8. Living Alone, Cohabiting, Same-Sex Unions, and Other Intimate Relationships.9. To Parent or Not to Parent.10. Raising Children in a Diverse Society.11. Work and Family.12. Communication and Conflict in Relationships, Marriages, and Families.13. Power and Violence in Relationships.14. Family Stress, Crisis and Resilience.15. Divorce: Before and After.16. Remarriages and Stepfamilies.17. Aging Families.