quiz 5 ch 7Marriage: From Social Institution to Private Relationship.

The Netherlands first enacted a civil marriage law in

1590

Almost ________ percent of the never-married tell pollsters that they do want to marry.

2/3

About __________ million children under age 18 live in single-parent households.

20

Around 1950, family sociologists described a standard pattern of marriage at about age 20 for women and age ____ for men

22

Seventy-two percent of Americans ages 18 and older were married in 1960, compared with _____ percent in 2014.

49

The text reports that more than ___________ percent of Americans believe that adultery is morally wrong.

90

Research would suggest what which of the following married couples are MOST likely to be the happiest?

Rita and Jon, who have no children and have been married two years

Compared to other same-sex couples, married same-sex couples are more likely to

be older

Other societies, and past societies, tended to be more __________, where people identify with and conform to the expectations of their extended kin.

collectivistic

Policy advocates from a __________ perspective are concerned with the breakdown of the family including money spent on welfare.

family decline

Some groups have friends who are so close that they are hardly distinguished from actual relatives. These relationships are referred to as "__________" kin.

fictive

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in the last 50 years, the marriage rate has __________.

generally declined

Same-sex couples have successfully challenged ______, or the idea that heterosexuality is the only normal or acceptable option.

heteronormativity

In a(n) __________ marriage, which dominates Americans' goals for marriage today, partners expect companionship and intimacy as well as more practical benefits. Correct Answer

individualized

In the United States, __________ remains the most socially acceptable—and stable—gateway to family life.

marriage

That marriages should involve romance and lead to personal happiness is a uniquely __________ idea.

modern

In Europe, requirements for women's sexual exclusivity emerged to maintain the ______ line of descent.

patriarchal

People in individualized marriages expect all of the following EXCEPT

patriarchal authority

_____ is a type of polygamy wherein a woman has multiple husbands.

polyandry

According to the text, permanence and sexual exclusivity are two every important elements of the marriage

premise

According to the ______ hypothesis, many of the benefits of marriage result from the personal characteristics of those who marry.

selection

What was the first country to allow same-sex partners to legally marry?

sweden

For Hispanics today, la familia means

the extended as well as the nuclear family.

Marriage partners now expect love and emotional intimacy, open communication, role flexibility, gender equality, and personal growth. Which does this describe?

the individualized marriage bond