Developmental Psych Ch 13

Same-sex relationships that end tend to end

amicably

Adolescents depend on their parents more than in friends for

security during difficult times

After having gone through a somewhat vicious divorce, Brenda is looking to form a quick passionate relationship as she rebounds from the divorce. Her love relationship will most likely be which type?

Fatuous

When does the need for intimacy begin?

Infancy

Although liking is different from love, it does involve one of Sternberg's components of love. Which one?

Intimacy2

What happens in a heterosexual relationship when a child is born?

both parents increase the amount of housework they do

Daniel Levinson viewed the process of development as involving

building of a life structure.

Intimate relationships

can be with both friends and lovers.

A long-time married couple are highly committed to each other and share intimacy. Yet, the physical attraction between them has been absent for a number of years. Their type of love is called

companionate

After a couple has had their first child, the level of marital satisfaction typically

declines

Compared with attachment to friends, attachment to family

decreases in adolescence and early adulthood.

The decline found in marital satisfaction after the birth of a child can often be reduced if the

father helps with the infant care

All of the following types of love have an intimacy component except

fatuous love

Marriage helps men more than women in all of the following areas except

financial improvement.

A key difference between friendships and family relationships is that

friendships are voluntary.

Roberts and Newton's research on Levinson's seasons of life suggests that the distinction in what is considered feminine or masculine, known as ____ might impact gender difference in life course

gender splitting

Compared with childhood and adolescence, the adulthood period has

greater diversity

Ansil has been divorced and remarried 5 times. Compared to Aimee, who has divorced once, we would expect him to report

higher levels of depression

In marriages where both partners are satisfied with the division of labor, we can expect

higher levels of marital happiness

Erikson believed that, generally, the relationship between identity and intimacy was that

identity had to be developed before establishing intimacy.

The quality of love that involves closeness, bonding, and connectedness is

intimacy

According to Erikson, the crisis in early adulthood involves the establishment of

intimacy3

The social clock

is often different in different cultures

Heterosexual cohabitation before marriage

is often viewed by women as part of the courtship process

According to Erikson, failure to achieve a sense of intimacy during the early adulthood stage results in a sense of

isolation

Which of the following patterns of marriage over time is related to higher rates of divorce?

moderate satisfaction with a steep decline over time

All of the following types of love have a commitment component except

romantic love.

According to Erikson, if one decides to focus on a career at the sake of one's romantic partnerships, he or she may become _____.

self-absorbed

Which of the following is the most commonly reported type of intimate partner violence?

slapping

Compared with couples with children, long-term married couples without children report

slightly higher closeness.

Men are more likely than women to discuss with friends their

sports victories.

Friendships play an important role in early adulthood because

support from friends helps in becoming less dependent on parents.

Amal, La'Shonda, and Mary Beth are friends in their early twenties. They will probably spend much of their time together

talking about issues in their lives

Compared with 25 years ago, never-married young adults seem to be happier today because

their single status is now more widely accepted.

Billy and Hanna are planning to have their first child about a year after they get married because many of their friends have also done that. Billy and Hanna's decision is most consistent with the

timing of events theory.

What do women consider the most important characteristic in a love relationship?

Trust

A factor that increases risk for divorce is

getting married as a teenager.

What is the difference between a stepfamily and a blended family?

*One parent has biological children in a stepfamily, and two parents have biological children in a blended family

What kind of love involves strong commitment, intimacy, and passion?

Consummate

Overall rates of remarriage are about

40 percent.

About what percentage of Americans age 25 to 34 are married?

53 percent

What is intimacy in infancy called?

Attachment

Which best describes Daniel Levinson's method of studying adult development?

Biographical

Which of the following is NOT one of John Gottman's "Horsemen" that predict divorce

Complaining

Which couple is most likely to divide chores by preference rather than gender roles

Derek, a mechanic, and Eric, a teacher.

How are men likely to express their feelings to their female partners?

Doing things for them

Over the first three years of their marriage, Bill and April made decisions that both would have careers, April would do the yard work, Bill would do meal preparation, and housecleaning would be shared equally. Now that April is pregnant, they have begun to renegotiate the division of tasks, as parenting tasks will soon be added to their total load. What type of marriage do Bill and April have?

Equal partnership

Which marriage type is currently viewed by the majority of Americans as the ideal marriage type?

Equal partnership

Which is associated with the highest level of marital satisfaction and psychological well-being?

Equality in marriages

According to Vaillant, which of the following would be most devastating to a person's development?

Growing up in an abusive family

Which of the following is associated with higher level of intimate partner violence?

Higher alcohol use

Children whose parents divorce are more likely to experience what in their own relationships?

Higher risk of divorce.

Which statement best captures George Vaillant's view of development?

Life requires a constant series of adaptations

Recent research studies suggest which of the following about male and female friendships?

Male and female friendships are more similar than once thought.

Which statement is accurate concerning cross-gender friendships?

Males experience more self-disclosure and intimacy with female friends than with males.

As a group, who are the happiest and have the highest level of psychological well-being?

Married men

When asked what the most important characteristics in a love relationship are, what gender differences were found?

Men and women listed basically the same thing

How do men and women value instrumental and expressive aspects of a love relationship?

Men place more value on instrumental than expressive aspects

Your friend is thinking of joining an online dating site. What is NOT something you would tell your friend about online dating websites?

Not many people use them, so there won't be a good selection of potential mates.

According to Levinson, a young adult who is beginning to make choices about his future career is in which stage?

Novice

Where do 22 percent of heterosexual couples and 60 percent of same-sex couples say they met?

Online

Which component of love is most likely to fade in a marriage?

Passion

What would one expect in an equal-partner relationship?

Renegotiation of expectations as situations change.

Which of the following is a neurotic mechanism that leads to negative mental health?

Repression

Patrick has had a number of very close, intimate, and sexual relationships over the years but has not dated more than one person at a time. Which term best describes Patrick's relationships?

Serial monogamy

Which best describes contemporary romantic relationships in young adults?

Serial monogamy

Which of the following is most likely to bring two people together?

Similarities

Which of the following is a mature adaptive mechanism that leads to positive mental health?

Sublimation

Same-sex couples with children are similar to other-sex couples with children except____.

The discrimination they often face

Dennis and Bruce are a cohabiting gay couple. As compared with a same-sex married couple, they are more likely to separate because

The legality and formality of marriage makes relationships more stable.

Andrew and Vivian are childless by choice. The decision not to have children was most likely

Vivian's decision

What is related to fathers spending more time with their children?

When fathers have high levels of marital satisfaction before the child's birth

What does Arlie Hochschild mean by "the second shift"?

Wives have one shift of employment at a job and then another shift as homemaker.

Which of the following is associated with an easier stepparenting situation?

Younger children

When a couple share in the responsibilities of taking care of the house and actively discuss the various tasks to be done, their marriage type is called

`equal partnership

What is the reported rate of intimate partner violence in the United States for the previous year?

about 2 percent for women and men

The adult period is a time of greater diversity than childhood because

adults can follow different paths.

All of the following are basic components of the triangular theory of love except

affiliation.

America's current social clock can be described as

allowing for greater diversity than 30 years ago

Studies suggest that the best way to establish a long-term relationship is to

develop intimacy before passion

According to Levinson, in order for a young adult to have a vision and form a satisfactory life structure the person needs a

dream

Janet decided in her early twenties that her career as a psychologist was going to be central to her life and that she would find it difficult to have children to raise as part of her life. Any child care she was going to do would be occasionally tending the needs of her several nieces and nephews. Janet's decision about being childless fits the pattern of

early articulator.

A long-time married couple are very committed to each other, but they feel no passion toward each other and fail to share their feelings. Their type of love is called

empty

All of the following types of love have a passion component except

empty love

Upon reaching the early adulthood period, one is likely to face all of these developmental tasks except

establishing an integrated identity

Sigmund Freud believed that the two basic needs of adulthood are

love and work.

In looking at the marriage-happiness relationship across nations, one can conclude that

marital status had a bigger impact on happiness than did nationality.

High rates of singlehood have been attributed to all of the following except

marriage is seen as an unimportant institution

Greg's dream is to be a successful criminal lawyer. To achieve this dream, Daniel Levinson would say that Greg needs a

mentor.

Lisa and Rob plan to have their first child about three years after they are married because they believe that by then they will have established their intimacy and be ready to welcome a new child into their relationship. Lisa and Rob's decision is most consistent with

normative crisis theory

Sandy started college after both of her children had entered grade school. Based on timing of events theory, Sandy is

off time.

When a couple begins to date seriously the strongest component of love is often

passion

Tamara and Charles decided to wait until "the time was right" to bring children into their marriage. In their twenties they were busy getting their careers going, and in their early thirties they were busy building a stable financial picture. By their late thirties they decided that they didn't have the energy or inclination to raise children. They would volunteer for some children's programs in their community, but most of their life satisfaction would be in career, travel, and each other's companionship. Their style of being childless fits the pattern of

postponers

According to O'Connor, essential characteristics of friendship include all of these except

practical support.

Masculine friendships tend to

protect men from potential loss of control.

Lilly is a single-parent mother. All of the following are things that she can do to help raise happy and healthy children except

provide flexible rules and discipline that changes with the situation

Ahmad, Tarik, and Allan are friends in their early twenties. They will probably spend much of their time together

watching or playing sports.

In the third stage of recentering, where are you most likely to live?

with a spouse/partner and maybe with your children

During the first stage of recentering, you are most likely to live____.

with your parents

What has been found about the reality of heterosexual couples in equal partnership marriages?

women tend to spend more time on housework than men