HDFS exam 2
a majority of high school seniors both girls and boys say that having a good marriage and family is not important to them
False!
Increasing cohabitors in the US include
Individuals with children and the elderly
Some sociologists describe the dating process as a ________ in which prospective spouses compare the assets and liabilities of eligible partners and choose the best available mate
Marraige market
dating someone who posesses similar socual characteristics, such as ethnicity and age is called
homogamy
Which of the following is not a benefit of traditional gender roles
husbands and wives can share economic and child rearing responsibilities
since 1960 the rate of cohabituation has
increased steadily
According to the text which of the following statements is FALSE!
our genetic predispositions are not affected by socialization
which of the following statements is true concerning dating and physical attractiveness
physically attractive people benefit from a halo effect
in the US, the early colonists believed marriage should be based on
politics and economics
the specific ways in which married couples define their behavior and structure their time are called marital
roles
romantic and long term love relationships involve ____ in the sense that they provide rewards and costs to each person
social exchange
the main reason today that most people marry is to have kids
FALSE
According to research many low income women are likely to remain single despite wanting to marry, why is this?
They dont want to marry a man who cant support himself economically
According to Sternberg, the mix of intimacy, passion, and commitment can vary from one relationship to another.
True
for people of both sexes, the younger age at first marriage in the 1950s and 1960s was
a historical exception rather than the rule
in terms of age american men typically marry women
a year younger
Women are more likely to express love verbally while men are more likely to express love through
action
most people date and marry within their social class because they
and their partners share similar attitudes, values, and lifestyles
some people maintain that cohabitation is replacing marriage in the US
bit theres little evidence to support such claims, instead in the US people break up or marry after a relatively short amount of time
according to Reiss's wheel theory of love, the wheel
can turn many times
These days a popular pathway to marraige in the US includes
cohabiting for about 1.5 years or so first
in western societies the single greatest attraction of marriage is
continuous intimate companionship with a loved one
According to research people are brought together by
cultural norms and values
according to sternberg, if a couple is perfectly matched they will be
equally passionate, intimate, and committed
before the IR most courships took place in private where the couple could spend a substantial amount of time alone
false
prenuptual agreements only cover the couples financial arrangements
false
according to recent research excluding mens ways of showing affection is the
feminization of love
Dating or marrying someone from a social, racial, ethnic, religious, or age group different from one's own is called
heterogamy
which of the following is an accurate statement concerning americans self reports of marital happiness
marital happiness decreases when couples experience poverty job loss and financial problems
Which of the following about marriage and children is true
marital satisfaction tends to decrease after the couple has children
his and her refers to the notion that
men and women can experience marriage differently
which of the following is an accurate statement concerning men women and intimacy
men and women may define intimacy differently
which of the following is an acurate statement about falling in love
men fall in love faster than faster than women
why might women in their middle years experience a marraige squeeze
men in their age are looking for much younger women
The _____ debate refers to the controversy over whether differences in the ways men and women behave reflect innate biologica differences or social and cultural expectations
nature-nurture
some researchers claim that married people are healthier than their unmarried counterparts because healthy people are attracted to other healthy people and are more desireable marriage partners, this phenomenon is called the _______
selection effect
chromosomes anatomy hormones and other physical and physiological attrivutes determine our
sex
If a father gives his son advice on how to play soccer and a mother tells her daughter that she is a good cook, the parents are engaging in
sex stereotypical encouragement
the awareness of ourselves as male or female and how we express our sexual values feelings and stuff is called our
sexual identity
which of the folliwing is not a myth about being single
singles u are usually lonely and miserable
Gender is based on
social and cultural experiences
Which of the following was a characteristic of the sexual revolution
the invention of the birth control pill separated sex and childbearing for women
from the biological perspective which of the following is the reason that lovers may feel high or as if they are being swept away
they are being flooded with natural amphetemines which cause feelings of elation and euphoria
according to happily married couples, emotional support is much more important than romantic love
true
by age 34 the majority of us adults have been married
true
love like friendship is a process that develops over time
true
marital stability and marital satisfaction tends to be higher for those with a college education or higher
true
the likelihood of marraige increases with educational attainment
true
the minimum age at which people marry
varies widely from one state to another
which of the following is true about gender roles
we learn to become male or female through interactions with family and the larger society